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UNIVERSITY  OF  MASSACHUSETTS 
AT  AMHERST 


UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 

Special  Collections  &  Rare  Books 


HISTORY 


Department  of  Police  Service 


Springfield,  Mass. 

FROM     1636    TO     19CO 

HISTORICAL  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL 

ILLUSTRATING    THE    EQUIPMENT    AND    EFFICIENCY   OF    THE 

POLICE  FORCE 

OF  TO-DAY,  WITH  REMINISCENCES  OF  THE  PAST, 

CONTAINING  AUTHENTIC   INFORMATION 

CAREFULLY  GLEANED  FROM 

OFFICIAL  SOURCES. 


PUBLISHED   BY 

THE  SPRINGFIELD  POLICE  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION, 

SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 
1900 


Loring  &  Axtell,  Printers, 
Springfield.  Mass. 


OUR  WATCHMEN. 

BY  SERGEANT  JOTHAM  H.  ORR. 

My  muse  attend  me  while  I  write, 
For  I  would  fain  these  lines  indite 
To  the  brave  guardians  of  the  night — 

Policemen. 

Who  travel  through  the  deserted  streets, 
And  all  night  long  their  vigil  keep, 
Guarding  the  City  while  it  sleeps? 

Policemen. 

Who  stand  between  us  and  all  harm, 
Protecting  us  with  strong  right  arm, 
Securing  rest  without  alarm  ? 

Policemen. 

Who  mix  in  dangers,  tumult,  strife 

Where  clubs  are  trumps,  where  deadly  knife 

In  human  hands  seeks  human  life  ? 

Policemen. 

Barred  from  home  and  home  firelight, 
Wives  and  children,  circles  bright- 
Battling  in  defense  of  right — 

Policemen. 

Heroes  among  them  battle-scarred 
From  many  a  contest,  maimed  or  marred, 
All  honor  to  the  faithful  guard — 

Policemen. 

Why  should  our  citizens  not  boast? 
In  all  weathers  found  at  post, 
In  all  dangers,  they  foremost — 

Policemen. 

Then  give  the  praise  and  credit  due, 
Stand  by  the  men  who  stand  by  you  ; 
There  are  manly  hearts  beneath  the  blue  worn  by 

Policemen. 


CHAPTER  I. 
ORIGIN  OF  THE  CONSTABLE  SYSTEM. 

THE  SETTLING  OF  THE  PLANTATION  AND  THE  ARRANGEMENTS  FOR 
KEEPING  ORDER — EXTRACTS  FROM  YE  QUAINT  RECORDS  OF 
OLDEN  TIMES,  SHOWING  THE  STRINGENT  RULES  AND  REGULA- 
TIONS ADOPTED — THE  BREACHES  OF  LAW  AND  ORDER  THAT 
WERE  MOST  COMMON — THE  CONTRAST  WITH  TO-DAY. 

PROUD  of  her  various  public  institutions,  of  her  handsome  parks, 
her  well  laid  out  streets,  her  industries  and  her  beautiful  homes, 
the  City  of  Springfield  is  equally  proud  of  her  splendid  police  depart- 
ment, which  is  unquestionably  the  equal  in  efficiency  of  any  similar 
department  in  any  city  of  its  size  in  the  country  to-day.  Indeed,  it 
is  a  question  if  many  cities  even  much  larger  than  the  municipality  of 
Springfield  can  lay  claim  to  a  police  force  with  so  good  a  record  for 
general  all  around  efficiency,  as  the  one  in  which  the  dwellers  in  "  the 
City  of  Homes  "  take  such  pardonable  pride  at  this  moment. 

Rome  was  not  built  in  a  day,  so  it  has  been  observed,  and  the  pres- 
ent admirable  state  of  the  police  department  of  the  metropolis  of 
Western  Massachusetts  was  not  attained  in  a  moment — but  was  grad- 
ually built  up  during  recent  years,  until  it  has  reached  the  summit  of 
possible  efficiency  and  arrived  at  the  point  where  of  it,  it  can  be  said, 
that  it  is  as  perfect  a  body  as  circumstances  will  permit. 

Surely,  therefore,  this  most  important  branch  of  the  city's  various 
departments  is  worthy  of  a  little  history  all  to  itself. 

The  very  earliest  days  of  what  would  be  equivalent  to  the  present 
police  force  are  somewhat  shrouded  in  obscurity,  and  it  would  be  idle 
to  rake  over  with  too  fine  a  pen  the  dead  embers  of  the  past  beyond  a 
certain  point  and  that  point  is  the  creation  of  the  old  ' '  watch  "  or 
constable  system.  The  interest  begins  there  and  the  succeeding  events, 
which,  step  by  step,  as  the  plantation  made  progress,  and  the  city  was 
born,  led  up  gradually  to  the  conditions  of  to-day,  cannot  fail  to  com- 
mand attention. 


14  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

From  the  old  "  watch  "  system  of  ye  olden  times  to  the  system  of 
now!  What  a  contrast  and  what  food  for  thought  there  is,  as  we 
glance  backward,  and  then  pause  to  consider  latter  day  conditions. 
It  is  almost,  in  fact,  an  abbreviated  history  of  the  city,  in  itself. 

At  this  writing,  the  police  department  of  Springfield  consists  of 
forty-seven  night  and  day  watchmen  and  nine  superior  officers.  The 
latter  are  the  marshal,  assistant  marshal,  captain,  lieutenant,  two 
inspectors  and  three  sergeants.  The  consensus  of  opinion  is  that  the 
force  as  at  present  constituted,  is  not  sufficiently  large  considering  the 
population  of  the  city  and  area  covered,  to  obtain  the  very  best  results, 
but  it  is  generally  admitted,  that,  everything  considered,  the  depart- 
ment is  a  credit  to  itself,  its  officers,  and  the  city  whose  servant  it  is. 

Indeed,  so  generally  vigilant  and  alert  are  the  members  of  the 
police  department,  from  the  chief  officer  down  to  the  humblest  man 
on  the  force,  that  criminals  of  other  cities  are  rapidly  becoming  aware 
of  the  fact  that  they  do  not  stand  much  of  a  show  of  long  roaming  at 
liberty  in  Springfield,  if  they  are  wanted  elsewhere,  or  if  they  are 
offenders  who  can  be  taken  by  the  hand  and  chaperoned  to  the  depot, 
with  the  strict  injunction  to  shake  the  dust  of  the  City  of  Homes 
from  their  clothes,  without  waiting  to  wipe  their  feet  at  the  doorway. 

But  while  eternal  vigilance  is  the  watchword  in  this  line,  it  is  in 
the  line  of  preserving  the  dignity  of  the  law,  by  keeping  at  bay  al] 
kinds  of  law-breakers,  local  and  otherwise,  that  the  police  department 
of  Springfield  has  won  its  spurs  and  has  earned  the  respect  and  admi- 
ration of  the  people.  The  result  is  apparent  on  all  sides.  For  a  city 
of  its  size  and  large  transient  population,  the  laws  are  observed  here, 
as  they  are  observed  perhaps,  in  few  cities  in  the  country.  It  is  gen- 
erally admitted  by  all  visitors  that  a  cleaner,  or  more  law  abiding 
place  in  which  to  make  one's  home  does  not  exist  in  this  part  of  the 
country. 

Many  things  go  to  bring  about  this  result,  but  does  not  some  of 
the  credit  for  this  state  of  things  belong  to  the  police  department  of 
Springfield  ?  Without  watchful,  faithful  guardians  of  the  peace,  of 
what  avail  would  laws  be  ?  And  it  is  the  general  opinion  that  the 
bluecoats  of  this  city  will  take  rank  as  a  whole  with  the  very  best  to 
l^e  found  anywhere.  The  force  is  to  be  congratulated  that  investiga- 
tions and  reprimands  occur  so  infrequently,  those  of  a  serious  nature 
during  the  entire  history  of  the  department,  having  been  very  few 
and  far  between. 


SPRINGFIELD.   MASS.  1  ■*> 

To-day  the  city  of  Springfield  is  as  absolutely  free  from  gambling, 
or  other  dens  of  iniquity,  as  it  is  possible  to  have  it,  while  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  liquor  and  other  laws,  open  violation  of  which  would 
tend  to  bring-  us  disgrace,  is  a  matter  of  common  knowledge ;  so  much 
so  that  it  is  scarcely  more  than  necessary  to  call  attention  to  it  in 
passing. 

Within  the  past  few  years  great  strides  forward  have  been  taken, 
and  at  this  writing  our  police  department  is  such  that  its  members 
have  good  and  ample  reason  for  taking  a  pardonable  pride  in  its  con- 
dition, while  the  public  has  reason  only  to  place  the  most  enthusiastic- 
stamp  of  approval  upon  its  honest,  well  directed  and  efficient  efforts. 

A  word  about  the  force  of  to-day  before  we  delve  down  into  the 
archives  of  the  musty  past. 

As  already  indicated,  it  consists  at  present  of  forty-seven  perma- 
nent night  and  day  j^atrolmen  and  nine  superior  officers.  There  is 
besides,  one  matron,  two  patrol  drivers,  one  janitor  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  special  officers,  the  list  of  whicb  is  being  constantly  increased 
as  the  needs  arise.  There  is  a  bicycle  squad  organized  by  Marshal 
McDonald,  and  which  is  of  vast  service  in  the  summer  months. 
Every  man  on  the  force  under  fifty  years  of  age  is  obliged  to  go  to 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  gymnasium  twice  a  week, 
unless  excused  for  good  reason,  and  is  there  put  through  a  course  of 
gymnastics  that  tends  to  keep  them  in  good  condition  and  to  better 
fit  them  for  the  performance  of  their  duties.  Perhaps  this  was  not 
considered  as  a  luxury  at  first,  by  some  of  the  men,  but  they  have  all 
now  conic  around  to  the  conclusion  that  this  course  of  training  is  of 
lasting  benefit  to  them  and  they  don't  mind  at  all  being  dubbed 
"Physically  Kulturecl  Kops."  The  movement  was  inaugurated  in 
January,  1900,  and  already  some  of  the  men  are  developing  into  ath- 
letes of  no  mean  ability. 

The  police  building,  located  on  West  Court  Street,  close  to  city 
hall,  is  a  neat  brick  structure,  trimmed  with  brownstone,  and  is 
admirably  arranged  and  excellently  equipped.  It  has  a  public  and 
private  office  for  the  marshal,  and  offices  for  the  assistant  marshal, 
captain,  lieutenant,  and  for  each  of  the  inspectors,  besides  a  general 
receiving  room,  office  for  the  signal  system,  and  a  lounging  and 
meeting  room  for  the  patrolmen. 

In  the  office  of  the  assistant  marshal  is  a  glass  case,  which,  if  it 
could  speak,  would  be  able  to  tell  ghastly  tales.  There  are  relics 
galore, — some  taken  from  desperate  criminals,  and  others  serving  to 


16  POLICE    DEPAKTMENT. 

recall  many  an  historic  and  almost  forgotten  tragedy,  while  still  others 
tell  of  more  recent  crimes  that  are  yet  fresh  in  memory.  There  is, 
too,  a  rogues'  gallery  in  Inspector  Boyle's  office,  containing  the  pic- 
tured faces  of  hundreds  of  the  most  notorious  criminals  of  the  day, 
and  additions  to  the  collection  are  made  from  time  to  time. 

In  the  building  are  fourteen  cells  for  men,  three  cells  for  women, 
and  three  detention  rooms.  In  this  building,  also,  are  held  the  daily 
sessions  of  the  criminal  side  of  the  police  court,  the  court  room — of 
ample  dimensions — being  on  the  second  floor.  Up  to  within  ;i  few 
years  ago  court  was  held  in  the  county  court  house  across  Court  Square, 
but  in  deference  to  public  opinion  a  change  was  made  in  the  year  1896. 
It  was  the  old  custom  to  march  the  prisoners  every  morning  from  the 
police  building,  across  the  square  to  the  court  house,  in  full  view  of 
the  gaping  public.  The  police  themselves  strongly  denounced  the 
custom,  being  in  favor  of  conducting  court  in  its  proper  place,  the 
police  building,  and  they  gladly  welcomed  the  agitation  that  led  to  an 
abandonment  of  the  antediluvian  custom.  It  is  necessary,  sometimes, 
of  course,  to  bring  in  innocent  victims  and  these,  with  the  guilty,  Avere 
of  a  necessity  subjected  to  the  degradation  and  disgrace  of  the  daily 
parade  across  the  square,  in  full  view  of  ;i  morbid  curiosity-loving 
crowd,  to  say  nothing  of  the  harm  it  brought  to  the  pupils  of  the  near- 
by school  who  would  be  on  their  way  to  their  studies  just  at  the  time 
when  the  prisoners  were  being  paraded  from  building  to  building. 
Every  citizen  was  as  heartily  in  favor  of  the  change  as  were  the  police 
themselves,  who  fully  recognized  the  unjustness  of  the  proceedings. 
But  the  lawyers  objected,  on  the  grounds  that  the  great  law  library  of 
the  court  house  would  be  farther  from  their  reach  and  would  greatly 
discommode  them,  if  the  change  were  made.  Nevertheless  the  much 
desired  change  was  brought  about. 

The  police  barn  is  connected  with  the  central  building  and  here  are 
kept  the  ambulance,  patrol  wagon,  van,  carriage,  sleighs  and  horses  of 
the  department,  all  of  which  are  first  class.  The  ambulance  answers 
all  calls  for  accidents,  etc.  There  is  also  a  small  lockup  at  Indian 
Orchard,  the  eighth  ward  of  the  city,  where  prisoners  are  kept  until 
they  can  be  brought  to  the  central  building. 

With  these  few  preliminaries  over,  we  go  back  to  ye  olden  days. 

To  begin  at  the  beginning  of  what  constitutes  one  of  the  finest 
police  departments  in  New  England,  it  is  necessary  to  go  back  to 
1636,  when  William  Pynchon  and  his  few  followers  founded  the  plan- 
tation.    Even  in  those  days  it  was  necessary  to  have  guardians  of  the 


SPRINGFIELD,   MASS. 


17 


peace,  and  courts,  Pynchon  himself  acting  as  magistrate  during  the 
earlier  years.  One  constable  was  all  that  was  necessary  to  preserve 
the  majesty  of  the  law,  or  town  orders,  for  some  time,  but  a  few  years 
later  we  find  that  it  was  necessary  to  appoint  a  deputy  constable. 
Those  who  were  brought  into  court  were  for  the  most  part  charged 
with  trivial  offenses,  such  as  failing  to  ring  swine,  neglecting  to  main- 
tain fences  properly,  and  absenting  themselves  from  town  meetings. 
Drunkenness,  theft,  assaults  and  the  like,  as  would   be  expected.  con- 


Police  Headquarters 

sidering  the  character  of  the  community,  were  uncommon.  The 
breaches  of  the  town  orders  were  tried  before  the  selectmen  and  the 
graver  offenses  were  tried  before  the  County  Court  which  was  held 
twice  a  year, — at  Northampton  in  March  and  in  Springfield  in  Sep- 
tember, for  which  purpose  twelve  jurymen  were  summoned. 

Early  mention  is  made  in  the  old  town  records  that  in  the  selec- 
tion of  constables,  "wise  and  discreet"  men  were  to  be  selected;  so 
it  will  be  seen  that  from  the  first,  Springfield  aimed  for  efficiency  in 
this   line.     But,    even    with    the    honor   of    having   this   distinction 


18  DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

conferred  upon  them,  it  does  not  appear  that  there  was  a  great  chasing 
after  the  office,  for  the  selectmen  found  it  wise  to  attach  a  forfeit 
of  twenty  shillings  to  a  refusal  to  accept  office.  It  was  very  gener- 
ously arranged,  however,  that  constables  were  not  obliged  to  serve  two 
years  in  succession,  and  even  though  the  pay  was  small  and  payment 
was  made  mostly  in  products,  few  declined  to  serve. 

Even  Miles  Morgan,  who  now  from  his  pedestal  in  Court  Square 
turns  his  back  on  the  police  department,  was  once  a  constable.  He 
was  appointed  in  January,  1662,  and  there  is  record  of  his  taking  the 
oath  of  office. 

As  the  place  grew,  crime  became  more  frequent,  and  even  in  the 
early  years  of  the  first  century  of  settlement  the  constable  had  to  do 
with  some  serious  offenses,  as  shall  be  related  later  here. 

One  of  the  earliest  mentions  in  the  old  records  that  would  indicate 
that  there  were  such  things  as  courts  or  constables,  or  penalties 
for  misdemeanors,  is  found  under  date  of  October  IT.  L636,  the  entry 
being  as  follows : 

"It  is  ordered  with  ye  consent  of  ye  Plantation  that  from  this  day  forward 
noe  tree  shall  he  cut  downe  or  taken  away  by  any  man  in  ye  Compass  of  ground 
from  ye  mill  river  upward  to  John  Headers  lot  well  parsell  of  ground  is appoynted 
for  house  Lotts,  and  in  case  any  man  shall  trespass  contrary  to  ys  order  he  shall 
be  lyable  to  ye  fine  of  five  shillings." 

Under  date  of  February  14,  1638,  it  was  ordered  that  a  fine  of 
20  shillings  be  imposed  on  any  ••inhabitant  to  fell  any  Cannoe  trees 
and  make  ym  for  his  own  use,  or  for  ye  use  of  any  inhabitant  until 
said  Cannoe  tree  is  five  years  old." 

The  constables  of  those  days  had  queer  duties  to  perform.  For 
instance,  it  was  decided  November  11th.  L639,  that  •'the  sealed  peck 
wch  Mr.  Pynehon  hath,  shall  be  the  ordinary  peck  to  bye  &  sell  by  in 
ye  Plantation,  and  who  ever  will,  may  repayer  to  ye  constable  &  have 
his  peck  sealed,  paying  him  2d  for  his  labor,  with  this  seall,  11.  S." 

It  is  very  evident  that  the  early  inhabitants  were  as  particular 
about  keeping  undesirable  people  out  of  the  plantation  as  the  police 
department  of  to-day  is,  else  why  this  entry  of  March  17th,  Kill? 

"It  is  agreed  with  the  generall  consent  and  vote  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Spring- 
field: That  if  any  man  of  this  township  shall  under  the  Coulour  of  friendship  or 
otherwise,  Intertayne  any  Prson  or  Prsons  heere  to  abide  or  continue  as  inmates, 
or  shall  sub-divide  theyre  house  lotts  to  intertayne  them  as  tenants  or  otherwise 
for  longer  tyme  than  one  month  or  31  days  without  the  generall  consent  and 
alowance  of  the  Inhabitants  (children  or  servants  of  the  family  that  remayne 
single  Prsons  excepted)  shall  forfeit  for  the  first  default  XXs  to  be  destrayned  by 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  l'.» 

the  constable  of  theyr  goods  cattell  or  chattails,  for  ye  publique  use  of  the  Inhab- 
itants: And  alsoe  he  shall  forfeit  XXs  P  month  for  every  month  that  any  such 
Prson  or  Prsons  shall  soe  continue  in  this  township  without  the  generall  consent 
of  the  Inhabitants:  and  if  in  ye  tyme  of  theyr  aboade  after  ye  limitation  above- 
sayd  they  shall  neede  releife,  not  being  able  to  mayntayne  themselves,  then  he  or 
they  that  intertayne  such  Prsons  shall  be  lyable  to  be  rated  by  the  inhabitants, 
for  ye  releife  and  maintenance  of  the  sd  Prty  or  Prtys  so  entertayned  as  the 
Inhabitants  in  theyr  discretion  shall  think  meete." 

This  order  was  strictly  enforced  too,  for  in  1659  there  is  record  of 
John  Wood  being  called  to  account  for  giving  entertainment  to  Isaac 
Hull  for  the  space  of  two  months,  for  which  he  was  fined  forty 
shillings.  Another  undesirable  joerson,  one  Quince  Smith,  was  placed 
under  the  ban  and  given  to  understand  that  he  could  remain  in  town 
"2  months  from  ye  18th  of  December,  10 GO;  if  he  tarry  longer  it 
must  be  by  a  new  liberty  from  ye  selectmen." 

In  these  days  Judge  Bosworth  or  Judge  Copeland  would  probably 
try  John  Woods  and  Quince  Smith  on  charges  respectively  of  keeping 
a  disorderly  house  and  being  a  vagrant.  The  first  individual  mention 
of  a  constable's  name  is  made  in  the  records  under  date  of  May  1, 
1645,  but  mention  is  frequently  previously  made  of  "the  constable'' 
without  giving  any  particular  one's  name.  Under  the  above  date, 
however,  these  entries  indicate  that  Samuel  Chapin  enjoyed  this  honor 
in  that  year.     The  record  states : 

"It  is  voted  with  ye  consent  of  ye  plantation  that  whosoever  shall  take  any 
mans  Cannoe  or  vessell  without  his  leave  shall  be  lyable  to  ye  fine  of  2.s  Qd  for 
every  such  default." 

"william  warriner  Robert  Ashley  is  to  be  accountable  to  ye  towne  for  5s  each 
of  ym  for  breach  of  an  order  for  selling  yr  cannoe  without  leave  ye  rest  of 
ye  fine  being  remitted  ym  which  they  are  to  pay  in  to  Samuel  Chapen,  ye  Con- 
stable." 

"william  warriner  is  to  be  accountable  to  ye  town  for  10s  for  breach  of  an 
order  for  selling  his  cannoe  which  he  is  to  pay  in  to  Samuel  Chapen,  10s  more  is 
remitted  to  him." 

AVe  do  not  nowadays  use  such  expressions  as  "damnifying"  and 
for  this  reason  the  following  entry  in  the  records  of  September  2 -'5, 
1045,  will  be  of  interest: 

"Complaynt  being  made  that  drivers  that  keepe  teames  on  ye  other  side  of  ye 
River  in  ye  Spring  tyme  to  plough  there,  have  formerly  much  damnified  other 
men  by  theyr  Cattell,  in  eating  greene  corne,  and  ye  first  sprout  of  men's 
meadows:  It  is  ordered  therefore  yt  ye  sd  teames  of  Cattell  shall  be  kept  in  some 
house  or  yeard  till  ye  first  of  May  and  if  any  keepe  theyr  longer,  they  are  to 
pasture  them  upon  theyr  owne  ground  or  uppon  ye  Common,  or  upon  ye  3d  lotts. 
not  being  meddow  nor  improved  to  tillage,  soe  they  tend  ym  with  a  sufficient 


20  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

keeper:  And  in  case  any  shall  neglect  this  order  they  shall  be  lyable  to  py  ye 
five  shillings  for  ye  breach  of  it;  Besides  other  damages  fro:  feedinge  upon  other 
mens  come  or  meddow  ground,  as  Indifferent  men  shall  award  ye  vewe  thereof. " 

This  interesting  entry  which  has  to  do  with  the  hours  of  the  watch 
is  found  under  date  of  January  S,  L645: 

"It  is  agreed  by  ye  Plantation  with  John  Matthews  to  beat  the  drum  for  the 
meetings  I'm-  a  yeare's  space  at  1(1  of  ye  clock  on  the  lecture  days  and  at  9  a  clock 
0n  the  Lords  days  in  the  forenoon  only  &  he  is  to  beat  it  fro:  Mr.  Moxon's  to  R. 
Stebbins  home  iV  ye  meetinge  to  begin  within  half  an  houer  after,  for  which  his 
payns  he  is  to  have  6d  in  wampam  of  every  family  in  towne  or  a  peck  of  Indian 
conic  if  they  have  not  wampam." 

At  a  general  town  meeting  held  November  6,  L648,  these  improved 
court  arrangements  were  made: 

"It  is  ordered  that  there  shall  from  henceforth  fouer  Courts  be  kepi  in  this 
township  yearly,  viz:  The  t i i •  - 1  Tuesday  in  November,  the  firsl  Tuesday  in  ffeb- 
ruary,  The  firsl  Tuesday  in  may.  The  firsl  Tuesday  in  September,  except  some 
special]  occasions  to  alter  ye  day,  and  t  hen  seasonable  notice  shall  be  given  of  it. 
The  first  Tuesday  in  November  is  appoynted  to  be  a  general]  Towne  meetinge  for 
all  i  he  Inhabitants  when  Towne  officers  are  to  be  chosen  &  orders  published." 

"It  is  alsoe  ordered  yi  on  ye  first  Tuesday  of  November  there  shall  be  yearly 
chosen  by  ye  Inhabitants  two  men  in  ye  stead  of  Grand  Jury  men  who  shall 
by  virtue  of  an  oath  imposed  upon  them  by  ye  magistrate  lor  that  purpose,  faith- 
fully ("sent  on  such  Court  days  all  such  breaches  of  towne  orders.  Court  orders, 
or  any  other  misdemeeners,  as  shal  come  to  theyr  knowledge  either  by  theyr 
own  observat  ion  or  by  credible  informal  ion  of  others,  and  shall  lake  out  prcess  for 
ye  appearance  of  such  as  are  delinquents,  or  wil  nesses  to  appeare  the  sd  day  when 
all  such  I,rscntmcnts  by  ye  sd  partys  shall  be  Judicially  heard  and  examined  by 
ye  magistrate  and  warrants  for  distresses  granted  for  ye  Levying  of  such  fines  or 
penaltys  as  are  annexed  to  ye  orders  violated,  or  wch  shall  scenic  meete  or  reason 
able  to  ye  magistrate  to  impose  or  inflict  aceordinge  to  ye  nature  of  ye  offence. 
These  two  men  to  stand  in  ys  office  for  a  ware  or  till  others  be  chosen  in  theyr 
roome." 

Mr.  "  Elitzur  "  Holyoke,  whose  family  was  prominent  in  the  early 
history  of  these  parts  was  appointed  constable  May  19,  1651,  and  \v;is 
succeeded  the  following  November  by  Richard  Sykes  whose  duties  also 
consisted  of  "ringing  ye  bell  and  sweeping  ye  meetinge  house."  Mr. 
Sykes  was  formerly  paid  forty  shillings  a  year  for  this  latter  service 
but  the  powers  that  be,  or  rather  were,  in  a  streak  of  generosity  raised 
it  to  fifty-two  shillings  a  year.  The  selectmen  also  granted  him  "one 
shilling  a  time  "  for  ringing  the  bell  for  marriages  and  burials,  but  he 
was  to  collect  this  perquisite  from  those  employing  him. 


HON   WILLIAM  P.  HAYES, 
Mayor 


CHAPTER  II. 

END    OF   CONSTABLE   SYSTEM. 

A  AVAVE  OF  LAWLESSNESS,  INCLUDING  THE  INIQUITOUS  WITCHCEAFT 
EPISODE — CONSTABLE  ADMONISHED  FOR  ROUGHLY  HANDLING 
AN  INDIAN  PRISONER — BIRTH  OF  SPRINGFIELD  AS  A  CITY 
AND    PERMANENT    POLICE    WATCH    APPOINTED. 

ABOUT  this  time  a  wave  of  "unpleasantness"  seems  to  have 
struck  the  community  for  it  is  recorded  that  Daniel,  a  Scotch 
servant,  was  given  twenty  lashes  for  profaning  the  Sabbath  ;  Joanne 
Miller  was  summoned  to  answer  to  the  charge  of  calling  her  husband 
a  "foole,  toad,  vermine,"  and  threatening  him;  Samuel  Ely  was 
fined  for  selling  cider  to  the  Indians ;  an  Indian  was  flogged  for  theft, 
and  Goodwife  Hunter  was  gagged  and  made  to  stand  half  an  hour  in 
the  stocks  for  sundry  " exorbitancys  of  ye  tongue." 

But  perhaps  the  most  shocking  occurrence  with  which  the  con- 
stables and  courts  had  to  do  about  this  time  was  the  witchcraft  episode 
which  had  its  inception  in  1649.  There  lived  in  Springfield  at  that 
time  a  bricklayer  and  sawyer,  named  Hugh  Parsons,  and  his  wife, 
Mary,  who  did  not  appear  to  be  able  to  get  along  very  well  with  their 
neighbors.  Mrs.  Marshfield,  a  widow,  sued  Mary  Parsons  for  slander, 
alleging  that  the  Parsons  woman  had  called  her  a  witch.  Magistrate 
Pynchon  found  her  guilty  and  she  was  ordered  to  pay  £8  damages  or 
receive  twenty  lashes.  She  paid  the  damages  with  twenty-four  bush- 
els of  Indian  corn,  but  her  troubles  appeared  to  have  unsettled  her 
mind.  Both  she  and  her  husband  had  disagreeable  tempers  and  their 
queer  actions  led  to  their  both  being  formally  arraigned  before  Magis- 
trate Pynchon  in  February,  1651,  on  charges  of  witchcraft. 

The  indictment  against  Mary  Parsons  alleged  that:  "By  the  name 
of  Mary  Parsons  you  are  here  charged  in  the  name  of  the  common- 
wealth, that  not  having  the  feare  of  God  before  your  eyes,  nor  in  your 
heart,  being   seduced   by  the   divvil   and   yielding   to   his   malicious 


24  DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

motives,  about  the  end  February  last,  at  Springfield,  to  have  famil- 
iarity, or  consulted  with  a  familiar  spirit,  making  a  covenant  with 
him  and  have  used  diverse  divvilish  practices  by  witchcraft  to  the  hurt 
of  the  persons  of  Martha  and  Rebeckhah  Moxon."  The  alleged 
victims  of  her  wiles  were  the  daughters  of  the  then  presiding  minister. 
Mrs.  Parsons'  husband  was  charged  with  using  the  same  arts  on 
various  other  persons. 

The  woman's  reason,  which  was  gradually  tottering  finally  gave 
way  entirely  and  she  was  among  her  husband's  accusers  at  the  trial. 
Eventually  a  child  of  theirs  died  and  Mrs.  Parsons  capped  the  climax 
by  declaring  that  she  had  killed  it.  Husband  and  wife  were  both  sent 
to  Boston  for  trial  and  were  acquitted  of  the  charge  of  witchcraft, 
but  Mrs.  Parsons  was  found  guilty  of  murder  and  sentenced  to  -death. 
The  records  on  this  point  are  hazy  and  obscure  but  it  is  presumed 
that  she  died  in  prison  before  the  day  appointed  for  carrying  out  the 
sentence.  Her  husband  did  not  return  to  Springfield,  evidently  real- 
izing that  there  was  no  peace  for  him  here. 

January  27,  1659,  a  change  was  adopted  in  the  manner  of  choos- 
ing constables.  It  was  ordered  that  henceforth  the  choice  of  con- 
stables shall  be  made  in  this  manner:  "Constable  whose  term  is 
expired,  before  going  out  of  office,  shall  nominate  two  men  and  the 
town  commissioners  or  other  chief  civil  power  shall  nominate  one 
more,  or  two,  to  be  voted  for."  The  man  who  received  the  most 
votes  was  doomed  to  serve  under  penalty  of  forfeiting  five  pounds  in 
the  event  of  a  refusal.  Another  improvement  was  made  February  4, 
1601,  when  it  was  decided  to  increase  the  force  of  constables  from 
one  and  a  deputy  to  two  full-fledged  constables. 

As  in  these  days,  lawless  youths  gave  the  constables  considerable 
trouble.  The  selectmen  in  1664  considered  it  necessary  to  forbid 
children  playing  in  and  about  "ye  meeting  house,"  there  being  indi- 
cations that  damage  had  been  done  to  the  windows  of  the  church. 
They  must  also  have  created  disturbances  at  the  services,  for  April  7, 
1669,  Miles  Morgan  and  Jonathan  Burt  were  designated  to  sit  "in 
ye  gallery  of  ye  meeting  house"  for  the  purpose  of  quelling  the 
ambitions  of  the  disorderly  youngsters.  In  other  words,  Miles  and 
Jonathan  were  "specials"  for  the  time  being,  as  we  would  say 
to-day.  The  boys  of  that  period  apparently  had  no  more  respect 
for  the  Sabbath  than  some  of  them  do  to-day.  It  is  noted 
that  several  boys  were  arraigned  on  June  7,  1664,  for  profaning 
the  Lord's  day  and  among  them  were  Samuel  and  Elizur  Holyoke 


henry  Mcdonald, 

City  Marshal 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  27 

whose  father,  with  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  tried  their  cases. 
In  the  cases  of  juvenile  offenders,  the  fines  imposed  on  them  were 
to  be  paid  by  their  "  Governors,"  in  default  of  which  the  youngsters 
were  to  be  whipped  by  the  constable,  before  three  or  more  of  the 
selectmen,  who  were  to  determine  the  number  of  stripes  to  be  inflicted. 
There  are  no  records  of  whippings,  however. 

Constables  almost  invariably  performed  their  duties  well  but  there 
were  occasionally  some  lapses  and  enforcement  of  discipline  therefor. 
Thus,  Andrew  Dorchester,  constable,  failed  to  make  return  of  war- 
rants for  jurymen  in  1660  and  was  fined.  Various  other  petty  officers 
whose  duties  made  them  practically  constables  were  occasionally  fined 
for  slight  lapses,  which  goes  to  show  that  even  then  there  was  a  com- 
mendable desire  to  maintain  discipline  on  the  "force." 

Occasionally  the  constable  ran  up  against  trouble,  for  it  is  not  to 
be  expected  that  even  the  old  Puritans  always  quietly  submitted 
to  being  dragged  before  the  court  without  having  a  word  to  say. 
Evidently  Constable  Elizur  Holyoke  would  stand  none  of  this.  In 
1G65  he  had  John  Webb  before  the  County  Court  for  abusing  him, 
the  charge  against  him  being  made  out  in  this  quaint  manner : 

"John  Webb  Senr.  being  presented  by  ye  Jury  for  abnsing  ye  const  able  in 
execution  of  his  office  in  Elizur  Holyoke  case,  in  saying  of  ye  constable  he  would 
make  it  too  hott  for  him  if  he  lay  there,  &  his  neck  so  stretch  before  the  morrow  if 
he  took  any  harm  by  his  lodging  there;  also  for  that  he  said  he  could  afford  t<> 
thumb  both  ye  constables  and  his  man  that  attended  him  &  for  his  contemptuous 
behavior  toward  Northampton  Commissioners  he  is  fyned  to  ye  County  by  this 
Court e  in  ye  summe  of  40s." 

Along  in  the  60's  the  Indians  gave  a  great  deal  of  trouble  by  their 
depredations  and  marauding  habits  and  the  constables  were  kept  busy 
looking  after  them.  The  constables  evidently  thought  they  did  not 
need  to  show  much  respect  when  they  captured  a  thieving  red  man. 
But  this  assumption  was  erroneous  for  it  is  recorded  that  a  constable, 
whose  name  is  omitted,  was  admonished  by  the  County  Court  in  1669 
for  roughly  handling  some  Indians,  the  court's  finding  being  as 
follows : 

"Certayne  Indians  beingfound  at  Woronocco,  travelling  on  ye  Lord's  day  ami 
carrying  burdens,  vizt  bringing  apples  wch  they  said  they  had  from  Windsor  iV 
own  shooting  a  Gun  when  he  came  to  the  house  there,  the  Constable  there  seized 
a  gun  &  one  of  them  called  to  appear  at  this  court  to  answer  the  offence.  The 
wch  being  proved  and  owned  the  Courte  judges  the  Constable  striking  the  Indian 
and  the  dog  biting  him  he  should  be  openly  admonished." 


38  DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

There  are  deep  chunks  of  humor  in  this  finding,  viewed  to-day. 

It  is  a  pity  that  we  have  not  the  name  of  this  constable  who  was 
the  first  member  of  "the  force"  investigated  for  so  serious  an  offense. 

In  1675  the  old  house  of  correction  and  jail  was  burned  and 
about  two  years  later  the  new  one  was  erected  under  the  direction 
of  Major  Pynchon,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Bliss  streets.  Morals 
must  have  been  at  an  extremely  low  ebb  hereabouts  judging  by  the 
opinion  of  the  Longmeadow  minister  who  said  at  one  of  the  church 
meetings : 

"Facts:  Vices  abound,  visible  and  manifest  evils  among  us,  decay 
of  ye  power  of  godliness,  low  esteem  of  ordinances,  strifes  and  con- 
tentions, intemperance,  much  drunkenness,  tavern  haunting  and 
cheating  one  another,  breaches  of  the  7th  commandment,  and  not  to 
insist  on  the  abounding  of  adultery:  how  amazing  does  ye  sin  of  for- 
nication abound,  chamboring  and  wantonness,"  etc.,  etc.  Surely  if 
it  was  as  bad  as  that  the  position  of  constable  could  not  have  been 
exactly  a  sinecure ! 

The  first  hanging  occurred  in  November,  1770,  when  a  prisoner  in 
the  jail  named  Shaw  suffered  the  death  penalty  for  the  killing  of  a 
fellow  convict  named  Earl.  It  was  an  event  that  brought  people  from 
everywhere  about  here. 

Five  years  later  it  is  found  that  there  were  five  constables 
appointed  to  preserve  the  peace,  the  list  comprising  Stephen  Hitch- 
cock, Moses  Harris,  William  Stebbins,  Jr.,  Henry  Colton  and  Stephen 
Wright.  Imagine  them  trying  to  cope  with  a  mob  of  150  armed  and 
desperate  men  who  stormed  the  Springfield  jail  June  12,  1782,  broke 
open  the  doors  and  released  several  of  the  prisoners,  among  them 
being  a  minister,  one  Rev.  Samuel  Ely,  who  was  convicted  of  inter- 
fering with  the  courts.  That  was  an  exciting  day  for  the  town  in  all 
earnestness.  In  1783  another  mob  of  debtors  attempted  to  stop  the 
sheriff  and  judges  from  entering  the  court  house  but  they  were  driven 
back  and  several  placed  under  arrest.  In  1821  the  new  court  house, 
now  Odd  Fellows'  building,  was  completed  and  occupied. 

The  succeeding  years,  up  to  the  time  Springfield  became  a  city, 
yield  no  records  of  an  absorbingly  interesting  nature.  The  constable 
system  was  abandoned  and  at  the  very  first  meeting  of  the  first  city 
council,  in  1852,  more  progressive  methods  of  policing  were  put  in 
vogue. 


CHARLES  M.  WRIGHT, 
Assistant  City  Marshal. 


CHAPTER  III. 

SPRINGFIELD  BECOMES  A  CITY. 

FULL-FLEDGED  DEPARTMENT  OF  POLICE  SERVICE  IX  OPERATION — 
JONATHAN  PYNCnON  APPOINTED  CITY  MARSHAL  BUT  DECLINED 
THE  OFFICE — ASSISTANT  MARSHALS  CHOSEN  FOR  THE  VARIOUS 
WARDS — POLICE  COURT  QUARTERS  ARRANGED  FOR. 

WE  now  reach  the  period  where  Springfield  threw  oft'  her  swad- 
dling clothes  and  became  a  city.  In  1852  the  popnlation  of 
Springfield  having  reached  12,498,  at  a  special  meeting  it  was  decided 
to  apply  for  a  charter  and  it  was  immediately  granted,  and  adopted 
April  21,  1852.  The  Hon.  Caleb  Eice  was  the  first  mayor.  Steps 
were  immediately  taken  to  properly  police  the  city,  and  at  the  initial 
meeting  of  the  city  government,  held  May  25.  1852,.  Mayor  Rice 
appointed  as  city  marshal — the  first  of  course — Joseph  C.  Pynchon. 
The  patrolmen  were  designated  as  assistant  marshals  then,  and  the 
following  were  appointed  at  the  same  meeting,  all  appointments  being 
confirmed:  Timothy  Henry,  II.  D.  Braman,  C.  S.  Shaw.  Drayton 
Perkins,  Roderick  Norton  and  Rufus  Sikes.  At  the  same  time  it  was 
ordered  that  the  marshal  should  furnish  bonds  for  $1,500;  the  assist- 
ant marshals  in  the  five  large  wards,  $1,000;  and  those  in  the  two 
small  wards,  $500.  Evidently  it  was  thought  that  the  police  supply 
was  insufficient  even  then  and  May  25  these  assistant  marshals  were 
appointed:  George  Ensworth,  John  L.  Skinner,  George  Saunders, 
John  F.  Annis,  Warren  Hay  den,  John  F.  Comstock,  William  Hat- 
field, Henry  Hills,  Seth  B.  Bliss,  W.  II.  Allis  and  J.  W.  Gorham. 

On  that  date  also,  the  mayor  was  authorized  to  make  arrangements 
with  James  M.  Morton,  justice  of  the  peace,  for  the  use  of  his  office 
as  a  police  court  room.  In  June  of  the  same  year,  the  new  ordinance 
governing  the  duties  of  the  city  marshal  was  read  for  the  first  time, 
and  whether  the  duties  were  uncongenial,  or  the  remuneration  insuf- 
ficient, or  for  some  other  reason  not  recorded,  Mr.  Pynchon  declined, 
on    July    12,    to  accept   the  office.     Two    weeks   later    Mayor    Rice 


32  DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

announced  the  appointment  of  Ralph  Day  as  his  successor,  but  Mr. 
Day  did  not  have  a  pull  and  was  not  to  receive  the  plum.  The  nomi- 
nation was  laid  on  the  table,  but  taken  up  at  the  same  meeting,  later, 
and  Mr.  Day  was  rejected  by  a  vote  of  4  to  3.  The  mayor  then 
appointed  David  A.  Adams,  who  was  confirmed. 

The  new  license  law  went  into  effect  about  this  time  and  they  tell 
us  that  the  police  were  kept  pretty  busy  raiding  the  rumholes  and 
saloons.  In  August  of  this  year  it  was  decided  that  another  assistant 
marshal  was  needed  in  Ward  s.  and  I>.   F.  Sisson  was  appointed. 

Gradually,  from  that  time  on,  the  police  department  made  progress 
until  its  present  state  of  efficiency  has  been  reached.  The  control  of 
the  police  department,  by  the  way.  has  from  the  first  been  in  charge 
of  the  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen.  The  police  committee,  which 
at  present  consists  of  two  aldermen  and  three  councilmen,  purchases 
and  lias  the  care  and  custody  of  the  property  of  the  department,  but 
its  power  of  making  expenditures  is  limited  to  $500,  the  city  council 
acting  upon  expenditures  over  ami  above  that  sum.  The  committee 
approves  all  bills  of  the  department,  including  the  monthly  payroll. 
At  present  the  committee  is  composed  of  Aldermen  Blodgett  and 
Elwell,  and  Councilmen  Byron,  Mines  and  Tinkham.  The  power  to 
fine  or  dismiss  officers  is  vested  in  the  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen, 
who  have  absolute  power.  A  patrolman  may  be  suspended  by  the  mar- 
shal and  tried  for  any  of  t  bese  offenses  :  Intoxication,  any  act  of  insub- 
ordination or  disrespect  towards  a  superior  officer,  any  act  of  oppression 
or  tyranny,  negled  of  duty,  violation  of  the  rules,  neglect  or  diso- 
bedience of  orders,  any  legal  offense,  absence  without  leave,  immoral 
conduct,  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer,  conduct  injurious  to  the 
public  peace  or  welfare,  incapacity — mental,  physical  or  educational, 
any  breach  of  discipline,  neglecting  or  refusing  to  pay  a  debt  for  uni- 
form, clothing,  rent,  or  the  necessities  of  life,  contracting  a  debt 
under  false  or  fraudulent  pretenses,  continued  and  persistent  neglect 
to  pay  just  debts,  sitting  down  while  on  patrol  duty,  conversing  dur- 
ing the  tour  of  patrol  duty  with  any  other  member  of  the  force,  or 
with  a  citzen  without  any  good  cause  therefor,  not  properly  patroling 
his  route,  unnecessary  absence  from  his  route,  or  any  other  act  con- 
trary to  good  order  and  discipline.  Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  a 
patrolman  must  constantly  have  his  duty  in  mind  if  he  would  escape 
censure.  The  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  are  permitted,  of  course, 
to  take  note  of  mitigating  circumstances  and  act  accordingly. 


E.   H.  BOECKLEN, 
Captain  of  Police. 


CHAPTER  IV. 
CIVIL  SERVICE  IX  EFFECT. 

MENTAL  A\I>  VERY  RIGID  PHYSICAL  AND  MEDICAL  EXAMINATION 
REQUIRED  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR  APPOINTMENT  TO  THE  POLICE 
FORCE  BEFORE  TIfEY  ARE  I)  EC  LAP  ED  ELIGIBLE — THE  VETERANS- 
PREFERENCE  ACT. 

WITH  the  coming  into  force  of  the  civil  service  law  a  new  era  was 
begun  in  the  police  department,  and  while  some  of  its  effects  have 
tended  towards  improvement,  in  at  least  one  instance  it  does  not  tend 
to  promote  efficiency. 

The  act  extending  the  provisions  of  the  civil  service  law  to  towns 
having  a  population  of  1.2,000  inhabitants  or  over,  was  approved  April 
17,  1894,  and  is  as  follows:  — 

Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows  : 

Section- 1.  The  provisions  of  chapter  three  hundred  and  twenty  of  the  ads 
of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four  entitled,  "An  act  to  improve  the 
civil  service  of  the  Commonwealth  and  the  cities  thereof,"  and  of  all  acts  in 
amendment  thereof  and  in  addition  thereto,  are  hereby  extended  and  made 
applicable  to  all  towns  of  the  Commonwealth  having  a  population  of  twelve 
thousand  inhabitants  or  over. 

Chapter  517,  Acts  of  L896,  denned  the  veterans'  preference  section 

as  follows: — 

AN   act    RELATIVE  TO  THE  PUBLIC    SERVICE   OF    THE    COMMONWEALTH    AND   THE    CITIES 
AND  TOWNS  THEREOF,    AND  THE   EMPLOYMENT  OF   VETERANS  THEREIN. 

Be  it  enacted,  etc,  as  follows : 

Section  1.  The  word  "veteran"  in  this  act  shall  mean  a  person  who  served 
in  the  army  or  navy  of  the  United  States  in  the  time  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion 
and  was  honorably  discharged  therefrom. 

Sec.  '-2.  Veterans  may  apply  I'm-  examination  for  any  position  in  the  public 
service  classified  under  chapter  three  hundred  and  twenty  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof,  and  the  civil 
service  rules  thereunder,  subjeel  to  said  rules;  and  if  such  veterans  pass  the 
examination  they  shall  be  preferred  in  appointment  to  all  persons  not  veterans; 
and  it  shall  lie  the  duty  of  the  civil  service  commissioners  to  cause  the  names  of 


36  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

veterans  passing  examination  to  be  placed  upon  the  eligible  lisl  for  the  position 
sought,  in  the  order  of  the  respective  standing  of  such  veterans,  above  the  names 
of  all  applicants  nol  veterans.  The  commissioners  shall  cause  to  be  certified  to 
the  appointing  officers  for  appointmenl  the  names  of  all  such  veterans  in  prefer- 
ence to  applicants  not  veterans,  so  long  as  there  are  names  of  veterans  upon  the 
eligible  list,  and  the  appointment  shall  be  made  from  the  list  so  certified.  But 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  const  rued  to  prevent  the  certification  and 
employment  of  women. 

Sec.  3.     Veterans  may  apply  for  appointmenl  to  or  f or  employmenl   in  any 

position  in  the  public  service,  classified  as  aforesaid,  without  examination.  In 
such  application  such  veteran  shall  state  under  oath  such  facts  as  may  be  required 
by  the  civil  service  rules.  Age,  loss  of  limb  or  other  physical  impairment,  which 
shall  not  in  fad  incapacitate,  shall  not  disqualify  such  veteran  from  appointment 
under  this  sect  ion.  Appointing  officers  may  by  requisition  call  for  the  names  of 
any  or  all  such  veterans  so  applying  without  examination,  and  appoint  or  employ 
any  of  them  in  the  office  or  position  sought. 

Most  well  disposed  people  are  in  sympathy  with  any  movement 
that  tends  to  recognize  the  assistance  given  the  nation  in  its  hour  of 
great  peril,  by  her  sons,  who  went  willingly  into  battle  and  fought  to 
retain  the  strength  of  the  country.  Bui  it  can  readily  he  seen  that 
with  few  exceptions,  the  old  soldiers  are  not  the  ones  best  fitted  to  be 
made  guardians  of  the  peace.  The  police  department  of  every  large 
city  is  in  need  of  strong,  able-bodied  young  men,  more  than  any  other 
department  of  a  city,  and  it  would  seem  unwise,  to  say  the  least,  to 
make  places  for  the  veterans  where  they  are  manifestly  at  a  disad- 
vantage. 

But  this  is  but  one  of  many  difficulties  that  have  to  be  contended 
with  in  the  building  up  of  a  first-class  department. 

Upon  civil  service  coming  into  effect,  the  system  of  examination 
was  greatly  changed.  The  previous  system  of  examination  was  rather 
of  a  perfunctory  affair  as  is  well  known,  but  civil  service  changed  all 
that  and  the  candidates  are  now  obliged  to  pass  through  a  rigid  exam- 
ination, mentally,  physically  and  medically. 

The  applicant  must  first  copy  a  printed  statement,  to  show  hand- 
writing and  accuracy  in  copying ;  must  write  a  letter,  giving  as  com- 
plete an  account  as  possible  of  his  school  experience ;  occupation  and 
length  of  service,  for  and  by  whom  employed;  if  discharged,  stating 
for  what  cause;  date  and  place  of  birth;  whether  convicted  at  any 
time  of  any  offense  against  the  laws  of  state  or  nation  and  the  facts 
relating  thereto;  must  state  his  habits  with  relation  to  the  use  of 
intoxicating  drinks,  etc. 


J.  J.  O'MALLEY. 
Lieutenant  of  Police. 


SPRINGFIELD,   MASS.  39 

He  is  then  put  through  a  lesson  in  mathematics,  to  show  his  intel- 
ligence on  this  subject.  Then  comes  the  physical  examination,  during 
which  the  candidate  must  fill  in,  in  the  blank  furnished  him,  answers 
to  the  following  questions  as  to  his  personal  and  family  health,  history, 
habits  and  antecedents : — 

What  is  your  occupation  ? 

Do  yon  use  tobacco?  If  so,  in  what  manner,  and  how  much  do  you 

use  in  a  week'.' 

Do  you  drink  intoxicating  liquors?  It'  so,  how  frequently? 

Have  you  any  disease  now".' 

What  diseases  have  you  had  during  the  last  seven  years? 

Do  you  know  of  any  hereditary  disease  in  your  family  ? 

If  your  parents,  brothers,  or  sisters,  or  any  of  them,  are  dead,  of  what  disease 
did  they  die  V 

Have  you  ever  had  any  fracture  or  dislocation? 

Have  you  ever  received  any  injury  to  the  head  or  spine? 

Are  you  subject  to  piles  ? 

Have  you  been  vaccinated  '.' 

Have  you  ever  had  rheumatism  '.' 

He  is  then  examined  by  the  surgeon  as  to  indications  of  diseases  of 
the  organs  of  respiration  or  their  appendages ;  indications  of  disease  of 
the  heart  or  blood  vessels ;  eyesight ;  hearing ;  malformation  or  diseases 
of  the  feet,  etc. ;  predisposition,  either  hereditary  or  acquired,  to  any 
constitutional  disease,  etc.,  etc.  He  can  not  pass  if  he  is  below  5  feet 
7  inches  in  stature,  in  bare  feet,  the  minimum  weight  being  135 
pounds  and  the  maximum  175  pounds.  The  minimum  circumference 
of  the  chest  allowed  is  33^  inches  and  the  maximum  37^  inches. 

Any  false  statement  made  by  the  applicant  in  answering  the  ques- 
tions submitted  to  him  is  regarded  as  good  cause  for  excluding  him 
from  the  eligible  list,  or  for  removal  or  discharge  during  probation  or 
thereafter. 


CHAPTER  V. 
UNDER  MARSHAL  McDOXALD. 

REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  CREATION  OF  ADDI- 
TIONAL OFFICES — NEW  SYSTEM  OF  PATROL  ARRANGED — ORGAN- 
IZATION OF  THE  USEFUL  BICYCLE  SQUAD — ACTIVE  CRUSADE 
AGAINST  ILLEGAL  LIQUOR  SELLING — MANY  OTHER  IMPROVE- 
MENTS— TRIBUTE    TO    THE    DEPARTMENT'S    EFFICIENCY. 

Til  E  present  marshal,  Henry  McDonald,  was  appointed  to  the  posi- 
tion, which  he  has  since  filled  so  creditably,  by  Mayor  Henry  S. 
Dickinson  on  the  day  of  his  inauguration  in  January,  1897,  and  he 
had  scarcely  been  in  his  new  position  a  day  ere  radical  improvements 
were  inaugurated.  Marshal  McDonald  immediately  donned  a  uni- 
form, something  that  his  immediate  predecessors  for  a  number  of  years 
back  had  not  done. 

In  assuming  the  office  he  brought  to  it  the  splendid  experience  of 
service  in  the  regular  army  and  navy  and  in  the  volunteer  militia,  and 
the  added  advantages  of  service  as  deputy  sheriff  and  court  officer.  It 
was  at  once  to  be  seen  that  discipline  and  the  playing  of  no  favorites 
were  his  watchwords.  Every  man  stood  on  an  equal  footing  as  far  as 
the  marshal  was  concerned.  One  of  the  first  things  accomplished 
during  his  initial  year  was  the  reorganization  of  the  force,  for  the 
purpose  of  promoting  its  efficiency,  and  its  complete  success  is  a  mat- 
ter plainly  evident  to  all  who  are  at  all  familiar  with  the  circumstances. 
Up  to  this  there  had  been  but  one  sergeant,  John  J.  O'Malley,  but 
Marshal  McDonald  saw  that  there  was  a  fault  in  this  direction,  and 
his  recommendation  that  three  additional  sergeants  be  provided  for 
was  adopted.  He  accordingly  promoted  Patrolmen  Xorris,  Manning 
and  Perkins  to  the  rank  of  sergeants,  with  the  direction,  control  and 
general  supervision  of  the  men  while  on  duty.  They  also  act  as 
roundsmen,  and  despite  the  predictions  that  roundsmen  would  not  be 
a  success,  time  has  proven  the  fallacy  of  this  belief. 


JOHN  H.  BOYLE, 
Inspector. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  4o 

A  change  was  also  made  this  year  in  the  detective  force.  Inspector 
Boyle's  duties  had  grown  materially  ami  it  had  been  the  policy  to 
have  one  of  the  patrolmen  do  special  duty.  The  results  were  not  sat- 
isfactory for  various  reasons,  principally  because  the  men  were  inclined 
to  think  that  favoritism  was  being  displayed.  To  do  away  with  this 
the  rank  of  assistant  inspector  was  created  and  Patrolman  William  J. 
Quilty,  who  had  previously  done  good  work  as  a  detective,  was  pro- 
moted to  the  position.  How  well  the  change  worked  may  be  noted  by 
the  following  extract  from  the  marshal's  report  at  the  end  of  the 
year : — 

"The  business  of  this  department  lias  been  skillfully  managed  by  Inspector 
John  II.  Boyle,  ably  assisted  by  Assistant  Inspector  William  J.  Quilty.  The 
excellence  of  the  work  performed  by  these  t,wo  officers  is  worthy  of  all  possible 
commendation.  The  nature  of  this  work  is  of  such  a  character  and  surrounded 
with  so  many  difficulties,  that  their  success  lias  In  en  remarkable.  At  all  times, 
day  and  night,  and  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  they  have  always  been  ready  and 
willing  to  cheerfully  comply  with  all  demands  for  their  services.  They  have  been 
faithful,  honest  and  intelligent,  and  at  the  same  time,  modest  and  unassuming. 
The  citizens  of  Springfield  are  fortunate  in  being  able  to  command  the  best  efforts 
of  these  two  men,  whose  usefulness  time  will  not  seriously  impair.  In  showing 
my  regard  for  the  excellent  qualities  possessed  by  these  two  officers.  I  fully  appre- 
ciate the  loyalty  displayed  by  other  members  of  the  force,  and  there  are  many  of 
them  who  have  performed  their  duties  in  a  creditable  manner  and  to  my  entire 
satisfaction." 

The  change  in  the  system  of  patroling  the  beats  was  a  radically 
improved  one.  Constant  patrol  service  was  arranged.  Each  man 
must  now  stay  on  his  beat  until  relieved ;  he  is  permitted  tq  be  at  a 
point  nearest  the  station  when  his  hour  is  up.  During  the  most  dan- 
gerous hours,  from  midnight  until  2  a.  m.,  there  are  35  men  patrol- 
ing the  streets,  the  dog  watch  going  on  at  midnight  and  remaining 
on  duty  until  relieved  by  the  day  men  who  go  on  at  8  a.m,  and 
remain  on  duty  till  G  p.m. ;  a  squad  of  17  also  going  on  at  6  p.  in. 
and  remaining  until  2  a.  m.  and  a  squad  going  on  at  8  p.  m.  and 
remaining  on  duty  till  4  a.  m.  There  is  no  longer  any  confusion 
resulting  from  the  time  allotted  for  lunch  or  dinner,  the  system  being 
rearranged  so  as  to  give  better  results.  What  with  the  roundsmen  and 
the  regular  ringing  in  of  signals,  it  will  readily  be  observed  that  the 
patrolmen  do  not  have  any  opportunity  to  loiter  or  become  derelict. 

For  several  years  there  had  been  a  police  signal  system  in  vogue, 
but  it  had  practically  been  left  to  run  itself  a  good  deal.  A  change 
was  inaugurated  in  this  line,  the  attendant  being  now  obliged  to  keep 
a  record  of  each  man's  calls,  and  every  morning  this  record  is  scanned 


44  DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

carefully  by  the  marshal.  For  the  purpose  of  keeping  this  record  and 
attending  to  the  calls,  Patrolman  John  McCormick  is  on  duty  from  5 
a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.,  Patrolman  Fred  Hadd  from  2  p.  m.  until  7  p.  m., 
and  Patrolman  Paul  O'Brien  from  7  p.  m.  until  5  a.  m.  Officers  are 
expected  to  ring  in  hourly. 

Changes  were  made  in  the  uniforms  worn  by  the  officers,  so  that 
the  various  ranks  and  the  length  of  service  of  the  men  are  distin- 
guished easily. 

A  vigorous  crusade  against  illegal  liquor  selling  was  inaugurated 
this  year,  and  with  telling  results  all  along  the  line.  No  sane  or  sober 
person  expects  that  this  nuisance,  which  like  the  poor,  we  have  always 
with  us,  can  be  entirely  suppressed,  but  efforts  were  made  to  keep  it 
within  the  narrowest  possible  limits  and  the  results  were  commendable. 
In  the  year  189'< ,  62  cases  were  brought,  and  fines  amounting  to  $3,000 
were  imposed  in  the  police  court. 

For  criminal  offenses  a  total  of  2,332  arrests  were  made,  1,442 
being  for  drunkenness,  94  for  larceny,  83  for  breach  of  the  peace,  85 
for  assault  and  battery,  83  for  vagrancy,  69  for  violation  of  city  ordi- 
nances, 37  for  illegal  gaming,  •2,.i  for  breaking  and  entering,  etc.,  etc. 
During  the  year,  of  $5,723.4^  worth  of  property  stolen  in  this  city 
$4,596.32  was  recovered,  while  $1,905  worth  of  property  stolen  in 
other  places  was  recovered  in  this  city. 

At  the  end  of  his  first  term  Marshal  McDonald  said  of  his  men : — 

"I  believe  that  it  is  fair  I"  say  that  the  members  of  our  present  police  force 
will  compare  favorably  for  intelligence,  honesty  and  truthfulness  with  any  equal 
number  of  men  taken  from  the  body  of  our  population.  *  *  *  *  With  our 
small  number  of  patrolmen,  the  department  has  made  a  very  creditable  showing 
the  past  year,  considering  the  extensive  territory  patrolled,  and  hut  very  few 
complaints  have  been  received  from  the  general  public." 

The  year  1898  was  notable  for  several  important  changes  and  a  few 
decided  innovations  for  the  purpose  of  still  further  improving  the 
service,  and  they  were  not  without  good  effect.  One  of  these  was  the 
creation,  in  May,  of  the  office  of  lieutenant  and  the  raising  of  Ser- 
geant John  J.  O'Malley  to  that  rank,  this  being  another  step  in  the 
reorganization  of  the  department  and  one  which  has  given  the  best  of 
satisfaction. 

In  April  of  this  year  Marshal  McDonald  proceeded  to  carry  out  an 
idea  that  he  had  faithfully  nursed  since  appointed  to  his  present  posi- 
tion— the  establishment  of  a  bicycle  squad.  This  twentieth  century 
innovation  in  police  work  in  provincial  cities  was  not  born  without 


WILLIAM  J.  QUILTY, 
Inspector. 


SPKINGFIELD,    MASS.  4V 

some  predictions  that  it  would  prove  a  failure,  but  it  has  happily 
proved  to  be  nothing  of  the  sort.  On  the  contrary,  even  those  people 
who  are  prone  to  freely  criticise  in  advance  any  innovation  of  this 
class,  now  freely  acknowledge  the  success  of  this  one.  The  bicycle 
squad  has  arrived  as  a  permanent  fixture  of  the  department.  It  is  of 
undisputed  value  in  more  ways  than  one  and  that  it  has  come  to  stay 
is  now  certain.  Indeed,  so  gratifying  have  been  the  results  obtained 
from  it,  the  wonder  is  that  it  was  not  undertaken  before.  The  squad 
is  on  duty  for  about  eight  months  in  the  year  and  is  utilized  in  many 
valuable  ways. 

The  members  are  obliged  to  ring  in  every  thirty  minutes  and  are 
thus  available  on  short  notice  if  they  are  wanted  to  undertake  any 
commission  from  the  central  office,  one  ringing  in  every  15  minutes, 
this  being  a  tremendous  saving  of  time.  All  are  fleet  riders  of  the- 
silent  steed  and  in  their  uniforms,  consisting  of  dark  blue  knicker- 
bockers, short  coats  and  visor  bicycle  caps,  present  a  natty  appear- 
ance. The  squad  is  at  present  composed  of  the  following  patrolmen : 
Andrew  J.  Melaney,  Charles  A.  Wade,  Albert  F.  Ward,  Mathias  P. 
Costello,  John  A.  Swift  and  Michael  J.  O'Brien.  Two  are  on  duty 
at  all  times,  Bridge  Street  being  the  dividing  line  of  their  beats. 

A  few  figures  will  give  an  idea  of  the  work  accomplished  during 
the  year  1898.  A  total  of  2,323  arrests  were  made,  and  of  these  1,431 
were  for  drunkenness,  111  for  violation  of  city  ordinances,  73  for 
vagrancy,  97  for  larceny,  72  for  breach  of  the  peace,  40  for  violation 
of  the  liquor  law,  60  for  assault  and  battery,  28  for  breaking  and 
entering,  etc.,  etc. 

During  the  year  property  stolen  in  this  city  to  the  value  of 
$3,397.10  was  recovered,  and  property  stolen  in  other  cities  to  the 
value  of  $1,210  was  recovered  here. 

In  his  annual  report  for  the  year  the  marshal  said:  "  The  inhabi- 
tants of  Springfield  are  fortunate  in  having  in  their  service  so  large  a 
number  of  patrolmen  always  ready  to  meet  every  demand  made  upon 
them  and  exhibiting  a  commendable  desire  to  perform  their  duty  at 
all  times  and  under  all  circumstances."  Of  the  officers  he  remarked 
in  his  annual  report:  "The  superior  officers  have  performed  their 
various  and  important  duties  in  an  able  and  intelligent  manner,  and  it 
is  gratifying  to  be  able  to  state  that  the  department  is  in  excellent 
working  order,  and  the  service  is  all  that  can  be  reasonably  expected." 

In  the  patrol  and  signal  service  department  the  following  work 
was  done:  Twenty  miles  of  wire  taken  down  and  placed  underground: 


48  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

five  signal  boxes  removed  from  one  location  to  another;  the  wires 
on  Main  Street  from  Bliss  to  Mill,  on  State  Street  from  Main  to  AVin- 
chester  Park,  on  Maple  Street  from  State  to  Central,  and  on  St. 
James  Avenne  for  a  distance  of  four  hundred  feet  from  State  Street, 
placed  underground.  This,  with  the  addition  of  three  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  of  Number  Three  conductor  cable,  a  four-pen  register  and 
four  telephone  switches,  has  greatly  improved  the  efficiency  of  the 
system. 

In  1809,  the  good  work  of  the  preceding  two  years  was  kept  up 
with  commendable  results  and  the  efficiency  of  the  department  con- 
tinued along  the  lines  originally  laid  down  by  the  present  marshal. 
Of  the  conduct  of  the  men  during  the  year  Marshal  McDonald  said 
in  his  annual  report  to  the  mayor  and  city  council : 

"The  vast  majority  of  the  patrolmen  are  honest,  faithful  and  intelligent; 
thev  are  impressed  with  the  importifiice  of  their  positions,  ami  their  many  duties 
are  performed  efficiently,  ami  without  fear  of  criticism  it  expectation  of  favor. 
They  merit  the  confidence  ami  supporl  of  the  people.  It  is  gratifying  to  lie  able 
to  commend  these  officers  in  a  public  manner,  ami  to  assure  them  of  my  thorough 
appreciation  of  their  earnest  ami  loyal  efforts  to  promote  the  I  test  interests  of  this 
department ." 

The  detective  department  and  the  efforts  of  the  superior  officers 
were  also  highly  commended. 

The  bicycle  squad  came  in  for  its  share  of  encomiums,  and  in  this 
connection  was  a  recommendation  that  the  members  be  allowed  enough 
compensation,  at  least,  for  the  extra  expense  they  are  compelled  to 
assume. 

The  crusade  against  illegal  liquor  selling  was  continued  with 
activity  and  with  results  that  speak  for  themselves.  During  the  year 
108  cases  were  brought  and  in  all  but  four  the  sales  were  made  to 
regular  members  of  the  department.  Although  this  duty  is  a  dis- 
agreeable one  there  was  no  shirking,  the  officers  engaged  in  this  work 
being  Patrolmen  A.  J.  Melaney,  Albert  F.  Ward,  S.  J.  Connery,  M. 
P.  Costello,  J.  A.  Swift,  M.  J.  O'Brien  and  G.  II.  Tiffany.  To 
quote  .the  marshal's  words: — 

"The  results  achieved  by  these  faithful  men  entitle  them  to  the  wannest 
praise  and  generous  commendation  of  every  law  respecting  citizen.  Mainly 
through  their  efforts  the  illegal  sale  of  liquor  has  been  reduced  to  a  condition 
without  precedent  locally,  and,  it  is  believed,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  citizens  of 
Springfield." 

Of  the  108  cases  brought,  37  pleaded  guilty,  71  pleaded  not  guilty, 
70  were  tried,  58  found  guilty,  12  not  guilty,  30  cases  sentenced,  58 


GEORGE  H.  NORRIS, 
Sergeant  of  Police. 


SPRINGFIELD,   MASS.  51 

cases  continued  for  sentence,  30  fined  and  one  sentenced  to  imprison- 
ment. Fines  were  imposed  in  the  police  court  to  the  amount  of 
$2,600,  of  which  11,450  was  paid,  seven  being  unable  to  pay  and  com- 
mitted to  the  house  of  correction. 

During  the  year  a  total  of  2,473  arrests  were  made,  of  which  1,394 
were  for  drunkenness,  101  for  breach  of  the  peace,  101  for  larceny, 
81  for  assault  and  battery,  75  for  fornication,  98  for  violation  of  city 
ordinance,  94  for  violation  of  bicycle  law,  80  for  vagrancy,  49  for 
gaming,  29  for  being  fugitives  from  justice,  etc.,  etc. 

Stolen  property  to  the  value  of  $976.50  was  recovered,  and  in 
addition  to  this  1^4  bicycles  reported  as  either  lost  or  stolen  were 
recovered  and  returned  to  their  owners. 

In  the  signal  system  department  during  the  year  the  location  of 
six  boxes  was  changed,  about  ten  miles  of  wire  placed  underground 
and  all  of  the  "dead  wires"  removed.  The  underground  wiring  was 
extended  to  include  Fort  Pleasant  Avenue,  Sumner  Avenue  from  Long 
Hill  Street  to  Belmont  Avenue,  Main  Street  from  Carew  Street  to  Wason 
Avenue,  Brightwood,  Chestnut  Street  from  Worthington  Street  to  Cal- 
houn Park  and  from  Maple  and  Central  Streets  to  Pine  and  Central 
Streets. 

As  an  instance  of  the  ability  of  the  department  in  handling  large 
crowds  the  following  unsolicited  tributes  are  wqrthy  of  insertion  here : — 

Springfield  Board  <>k  Trade,  / 
April  :}.  1899.  \ 

Hon.  J),  0.  Gilmore,  Springfield,  Mass. : — 

Deab  Sir — The  directors  of  the  Springfield  Board  of  Trade,  at  a  meeting  held 
April  1.  passed  a  vote  of  thanks  expressing  their  appreciation  of  the  hospitality 
which  you  showed  to  Maj.  Gen.  Nelson  A.  Miles  while  lie  was  in  this  city  as  the 
guesl  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  They  wish  also  to  have  you  extend  their  thanks  to 
the  city  marshal  for  the  admirable  way  in  which  his  men  handled  the  crowd  al 
the  station.  Court  Square  and  other  places.  I  take  great  pleasure  in  informing 
yon  (if  t  he  action  taken. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

PRED'K    S.    SIBLEY,    Secretary. 

City  ok  Holyoke,  Mayor's  Office,  / 
June  lit.  1899.  \ 

Henry  McDonald,  City  Marshal,  Springfield,  Mass.: — 

Dear  Sir — I  am  greatly  obliged  to  you  for  the  assistance  which  was  rendered 
by  your  police  department  on  Saturday;  they  all  are  to  he  commended  upon  the 
excellent  manner  in  which  they  handled  the  crowd  on  that  day.  The  work  of 
Policeman  Haynes,  which  happened  to  come  under  m\  observation,  was  especially 


52  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

to  be  commended  when  he  slopped  an  electric  car  from  breaking  through  the  pro- 
cession. I  trusl  you  will  l>e  : as  fortunate  on  Wednesday  as  we  were  on  Saturday, 
aswedid  no1  have  a  single  accident  nor  theft  reported.  I  have  instructed  the 
city  treasurer  to  send  you  a  check  to-day. 

Very  i  ruly, 

AKTIIU;    B.  CIIAPIX.  Mayor. 

Westfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  it.  1899. 
Henry  McDonald,  Esq.,  City  Marshal,  Springfield,  Mass.: — 

DEAK  Sii!  —  Will  you  please  send  me  a  statement  made  out  to  the  town  of  West 
field  as  debtor,  of  the  account  for  services  and  expenses  of  the  officers  furnished 
to  the  town  by  your  city  last  Monday? 

I  would  like  with  this  request,  to  thank  you  for  your  personal  courtesy  and 
kindness  in  connect  ion  with  furnishing  the  assistance  of  your  men.  and  to  express 
my  commendation  of  the  high  quality  of  their  service,  their  fine  appearance  and 
their  thorough  discipline,  particularly  of  their  quick  and  trained  appreciation  of 
the  many  and  varied  difficulties  thai  are  incident  to  handlings  large  crowd  of 
people  and  the  quid  and   efficienl  way  in  which  they  did  it. 

Yours  mos1  t  rulj . 

o.  <i.  CASH,  Chief  or  Police, 

WestJ&eld,  Mass. 

The  most  important  item  considered  thus  far  this  year  was  the 
matter  of  making  the  present  inspectors  of  equal  rank  and  salary,  and 
making  their  appointments  permanent  unless  removed  for  adequate 
cause.  It  was  a  plan  heartily  approved  of  by  the  marshal,  who  believes 
along  with  many  other  thinking  people  that  after  the  inspectors  have 
served  faithfully  in  the  city's  training  school,  it  is  against  the  best 
interests  of  the  city  that  they  should  be  at  the  mercy  or  caprice  of 
any  marshal,  a.s  is  at  present  the  ease.  The  matter  was  presented  to 
the  city  council  February  26,  1900,  and  referred  to  the  police  com- 
mittee, as  was  the  petition  of  the  patrolmen  for  such  an  increase  in 
pay  as  the  city  council  might  see  fit  to  grant. 


D.  J.   MANNING. 
Sergeant  of  Police. 


CHAPTER  VI. 
DEPARTMENT    IN    1900. 

IT  CONSISTS  OF  NINE  SUPERIOR  OFFICERS  A  XI)  FORTY-SEVEN  NIGHT 
AND  DAY  PATROLMEN — THE  USEFULNESS  OF  THE  RELIEF  ASSO- 
CIATION— THE  POLICE  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION — POLICE  ROSTER, 
SALARIES,    ETC. 

IT  is  a  well-conceded  fact  that  at  no  time  in  its  history  has  the  police 
department  been  in  such  an  efficient  and  all-around  satisfactory 
condition  as  in  the  year  1900.  Indeed,  it  is  not  only  commented 
upon  by  the  people  and  the  press  here,  but  elsewhere  as  well,  and 
many  tributes  to  its  ability  have  unhesitatingly  been  expressed  in  this 
regard. 

Good  and  faithful  work  alone  counts  to  win  the  good  opinion  of 
the  superior  officers,  and  the  men,  in  the  main,  seem  to  realize  this 
thoroughly,  and  nearly  all  strive  to  act  up  to  it.  A  graded  service 
would  undoubtedly  still  further  add  to  the  efficiency  of  the  depart- 
ment, but  that  system  is  not  yet  in  use  here. 

The  roster  of  the  force,  together  with  the  number  of  the  men, 
is  as  follows,  biographical  sketches  appearing  elsewhere : 

HENRY    MCDONALD,   Cm   Marshal. 
Charles  M.   Wright,  Assistant  Marshal. 
Edward  II.  Boecklen,  Captain. 
John  II.    Boyle,   Inspector. 
William  .1.  Quilty,  Inspector. 
John  .1.   o'Mallky,   Lieutenant. 
(teori;e  II.  Xorris,   David  J.  Manning, 
Henry  M.   Perkins,  Sergeants. 

NIGHT    AND    DAY    WATCHMEN. 

1.  Fred  Hadd.  5.  John  II.  McCormick. 

2.  Patrick  J.    McCallin.  <>.  Charles   A.    Haynes. 

3.  George  Alderman.  T.  John   Hall. 

4.  James   Russell.  8.  George   L.    DEFOREST. 


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DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 


9 

Paul  J.  O'Brien. 

29 

lit 

Ernest  Rosenberg. 

30 

II 

John  BE.  Dunleavy. 

:J,1 

12 

Thomas   Ranney. 

32 

13 

William  II.  Sibley. 

33 

14 

Dexter  A.  Atkins. 

34 

15 

James  Murtagh. 

35 

16 

E.  Frank  Goodwin. 

:J,o 

17 

Solon  E.  Frissell. 

37 

is 

John  St.  Leger. 

38 

1!) 

Charles  A.   Wade. 

39 

20 

Calvin  W.  Jennings. 

40 

21 

David  II.   Newcomb. 

41 

22 

Michael  C.  Quinlivan. 

40 

2:? 

Michael  R.   Donovan. 

13 

24 

(   ii  UtLES    II.    0'<  JONNELL. 

44 

25 

W  u:i»    E.    M  GRANVILLE. 

45 

26 

James  < '.   Burke. 

40 

2"! 

John  J.   McCarthy. 

47 

28 

Michael  B.   Heffernan. 

Edgar  A.   Kirk. 
Frederick  L.  Thayer. 

Albert  II.  Siiaw. 
•I  ami'.s  J.    Donovan. 
Edgar  E.   Littlefield. 
Patrick  II.  McDonald. 
Edward  P.  Tilton. 
John   L.   Earrington. 
James  M.   Dai, v. 
James  II.  Rogers. 
John  A.  Swift. 
Michael  J.  <  >'Brien. 
Michael  F.   Eagan. 
Patrick  <  >'Keefe. 
George  II.  Tiffany. 
Mathias  P.  Costello. 
Vndrew  J.   Melaney. 
Albert  F.   Ward. 
Simon  J.  Connery. 


Andrew  P.  Dart  is  day  patrol  driver,  Sunnier  W .  Ranger,  nighi 
patrol  driver,  Fred  I).  Williams,  janitor,  and  Samuel  L.  Wheeler, 
electrician  in  charge  of  the  signal  system.  The  matron  is  Mrs.  E.  E. 
Mallory. 

The  compensation  of  the  members  of  the  department  is  as  follows: 
Marshal,  $1,800;  assistant  marshal,  $1,175;  captain,  11,075;  lieuten- 
ant, $1,000;  sergeants,  $950;  inspectors,  $1,000;  patrolmen,  $800 
the  first  year,  $850  the  second  year  and  $900  thereafter;  matron, 
#500;  patrol  drivers  and  janitor,  #780.  In  addition,  the  assistanl 
marshal  and  captain  each  receive  $'25  extra  per  year  as  lockup  keeper 
and  fish  warden  respectively.  The  electrician  receives  $25  per  month 
as  compensation  for  his  services  in  caring  for  the  signal  system. 

The  civil  service  commission,  as  at  present  made  up,  consists  of  F. 
D.  Stebbins,  Charles  H.  Churchill  and  Albert  F.  Folsom. 

The  police  alarm  telegraph  system,  is  of  course,  an  invaluable 
adjunct  to  the  department.  The  Gam  well  system  is  the  one 
employed,  and  by  its  use  not  only  are  the  patrolmen  obliged  to  care- 
fully account  for  their  movements  but  the  patrol  can  be  despatched  in 
an  exceedingly  short  space  of  time  wherever  it  is  needed.  What  a 
great  contrast  to  the  old  system  of  dragging  prisoners  through  the 
streets  with  a  howling  mob  of  spectators  at  the  patrolman's  heels, 


HENRY  M.  PERKINS. 
Sergeant  of  Police. 


SPRINGFIELD,   MASS. 


59 


encouraging  the  prisoners  sometimes  to  resistance  and  acts  of  violence 
and  the  nervous  patrolman  to  lose  all  control  of  his  temper. 

At  present  the  police  system  comprises  nearly  50  miles  of  wire,  120 
cells  of  battery  with  the  necessary  appliances  for  receiving  and  trans- 
mitting signals,  and  3G  signal  boxes  located  and  numbered  as  follows : — 

( 'hestnut  and  Everett. 

Main,  opposite  Taylor. 

Harrison  avenue  and  Dwight. 

Summer,  opposite  X.  E.  Depot. 

State  and  Federal. 

Worthington  and  Armory. 

Clarendon  and  St.  James  avenue. 

Sunnier  avenue,  near  Churchill. 

Mill  and  Maple. 

Long  Hill  and  South  street. 

Water  and  Gardner. 

Walnut  and  Hickory. 

Water,  near  Bridge. 

Water  and  Union. 

Main  and  York. 

Main  and  Bliss. 

Chestnut  and  Worthington. 

City  Library.      (Private.) 

Walnut  and  Ashley. 

To  this  equipment  is  added  the  system  of  burglar  alarms  with 
which  the  banks  and  some  of  the  leading  business  houses  are  con- 
nected with  the  police  station.  These  give  no  warning  to  the  would- 
be  burglar,  but  the  instant  he  comes  in  contact  with  them  a  bell 
is  rung  in  the  central  office  and  officers  are  dispatched  to  the  place 
indicated  with  all  possible  haste. 

The  Gamwell  Police  Signal  System  which  now  gives  such  splendid 
satisfaction  in  this  city  is  the  outcome  of  the  old  "  booth"  or  "wall 
box"  signal  system  which  though  considered  very  good  in  its  time 
would  to-day  be  considered  little  better  than  a  passable  convenience, 
owing  to  the  many  improvements  that  have  since  been  made.  The 
metallic  circuit  now  in  use  on  long  distance  'phones  was  an  unknown 
quantity  when  the  Gamwell  system  was  originally  introduced  and  for 
awhile  the  instrument  and  signal  mechanism  were  placed  within  a 
booth  large  enough  to  permit  the  patrolman  to  enter  and  shut  out  the 
street  noise  to  some  extent.  Wall  boxes  soon  superseded  these  on 
quiet  streets  and  it  was  not  long  before  they  were  in  use  altogether 
owing  to  the  improvements  in  telephone  service. 


12. 

Main,  opposite  Liberty. 

151. 

14. 

Fulton,  south  entrance  1 

to  Hampden 

213. 

Park. 

232. 

21. 

Bridge,  near  Fuller  Building. 

233. 

23. 

King  and  Eastern  Ave. 

234, 

31. 

Union  and  Hancock. 

242. 

34. 

Winchester  Park. 

243. 

41. 

State  and  Chestnut. 

312. 

42. 

Sant'ord  and  Market. 

313. 

45. 

Willow,  between  Cross  ; 

uid  Crossett 

314. 

avenue. 

322, 

51. 

Main  and  Fremont. 

323. 

54. 

Pine  and  Central. 

331. 

121. 

Main  and  Bradford. 

332. 

123. 

Main  and  ( llinton. 

341. 

125. 

Union  Depot. 

412. 

131. 

Chestnut,  opposite  Sharon. 

413. 

132. 

Main  and  Wason  avenue. 

415. 

142. 

Plainfield  and  West. 

512. 

60  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

In  this  form,  or  on  posts,  they  are  in  general  use  everywhere  where 
there  is  a  modern,  up-to-date  police  department.  From  the  first  the 
principle  of  constructing  the  essential  parts  of  these  boxes  has  varied 
very  little,  the  principal  improvements  patented  being  devices  for  sig- 
naling from  the  police  building  to  the  patrolman  at  his  box,  both 
manually  and  automatically.  There  is  no  question  as  to  the  efficiency 
of  the  system  or  to  its  great  aid  rendered  the  department.  It  is  not 
costly  once  it  is  installed  and  if  it  were  the  police  departments  in  large 
cities  would  scarcely  be  able  to  get  along  without  it. 

Thus  is  brought  to  a  close  this  brief  resume  of  the  progress  made  by 
the  department  from  the  time  of  the  establishment  of  the  old  "night 
watch  "  to  the  present  admirably  equipped  force.  It  is  intended  to 
be  a  mere  glance  backward,  as  it  were,  and  if  it  proves  of  interest  at 
all  in  this  light  its  compiler  will  be  satisfied. 

The  Police  Relief  Association  is  now  in  excellent  financial  condi- 
tion and  the  benefits  attaching  to  membership  are  fully  appreciated  by 
the  members  of  the  department. 

The  Springfield  Police  Relief  Association  was  organized  February 
17,  1893,  and  has  proven  a  decided  benefit  to  the  force,  every  member 
of  the  department  belonging  to  it,  and  feeling  secure  in  the  knowl- 
edge that  in  case  of  disability  there  is  an  advantage,  while  in  case  of 
death  those  who  are  left  behind  are  remembered  to  a  certain  extent. 
The  officers  consist  of  a  president,  vice-president,  secretary,  treasurer, 
and  a  board  of  directors  of  seven. 

A  general  meeting  is  held  at  2  p.m.  on  the  first  Monday  in  Febru- 
ary of  each  year.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  board  of 
directors  when  they  deem  it  necessary  or  when  ten  or  more  active 
members  of  the  association  request  the  directors  in  writing,  specifying 
the  purposes  for  which  it  is  called. 

Regular  meetings  of  the  board  of  directors  are  held  the  first  Mon- 
day of  each  month  at  2  p.m. 

Every  year  the  association  gives  a  grand  ball  in  City  Hall  which  is 
never  large  enough  to  accommodate  the  great  throngs  that  desire  to 
show  their  appreciation  of  the  force  hv  patronizing  its  functions 
given  for  the  purpose  of  increasing  funds  in  the  treasury.  It  is  not 
unusual  to  clear  $1000  above  all  expenses  at  these  affairs,  which  is  a 
pretty  practical  manner  the  public  has  of  displaying  its  appreciation. 
Occasionally  ball  games  have  been  played  and  the  public  has  likewise 
patronized  these  very  generously. 


SPKI  NO  FIELD,   MASS. 


<;i 


The  object  of  the  Relief  Association  is  to  render  mutual  aid  and 
benefits  in  time  of  sickness  and  other  bodily  disabilities  occurring  to 
the  members,  and  of  paying  to  the  beneficiaries  of  deceased  members 
such  pecuniary  benefits  as  may  be  determined  by  the  corporation. 
The  death  benefits  are :  One  full  assessment  of  $1  each  and  not  to 
exceed  $200.  The  disability  benefits  are :  $1  per  day,  not  exceed- 
ing 100  days  in  any  twelve  consecutive  months. 


Bicycle  Squad. 


The  officers  of  the  Relief  Association  have  been  as  follows : 
1893 — President,  John  L.  Rice;  vice-president,  George  H.  Norris; 
treasurer,    Charles    M.    Wright;     secretary,    Edward    H.    Boecklen; 
directors,  John  L.  Rice,  George  H.  Norris,  Charles  A.  Haynes,  John 
H.  Dunleavy,  Fred  Hadd,  Hiram  D.  Bugbee,  Thomas  Ranney. 

1894 — President,  John  L.  Rice;  vice-president,  J.  J.  O'Malley; 
treasurer,  Charles  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  H.  Boecklen;  directors, 
John  L.  Rice,  J.  J.  O'Malley,  D.  J.  Manning,  John  H.  Boyle,  Charles 
H.  O'Connell,  William  H.  Sibley,  D.  A.  Atkins. 


62  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

1895 — President,  George  H.  Xorris;  vice-president,  William  J. 
Quilty;  treasurer,  Charles  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  H.  Boecklen; 
directors,  George  H.  Norris,  William  J.  Quilty,  George  L.  DeForrest, 
James  C.  Burke,  David  H.  Xewcomb,  Michael  0.  Quinlivan,  Ernest 
Rosenberg. 

1896 — President,  John  J.  O'Malley;  vice-president,  Dexter  A. 
Atkins;  treasurer,  C.  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  II.  Boecklen;  direct- 
ors, J.  J.  O'Malley,  D.  A.  Atkins,  Ward  E.  Maranville,  Patrick 
McCormick,  John  J.  McCarthy,  Frederick  L.  Thayer,  John  McCor- 
mick. 

1897 — President,  D.  A.  Atkins;  vice-president,  Charles  A. 
Haynes;  treasurer,  C.  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  II.  Boecklen;  direct- 
ors, D.  A.  Atkins,  C.  A.  Haynes,  C.  A.  Wade,  John  Hall,  E.  F. 
Goodwin,  M.  R.  Donovan,  J.  W.  Murtagh. 

lXDS — President,  Henry  McDonald;  vice-president,  Michael  J. 
O'Brien;  treasurer,  C.  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  H.  Boecklen;  direct- 
ors, Henry  McDonald,  Michael  J.  O'Brien,  Henry  M.  Perkins,  Edward 
P.  Tilton,  George  Alderman,  John  St.  Ledger,  E.  A.  Littlefield. 

L899 — President,  Henry  McDonald;  vice-president,  Michael  J. 
O'Brien;  treasurer,  C.  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  II.  Boecklen; 
directors,  Henry  McDonald,  Michael  J.  O'Brien,  F.  L.  Thayer,  John 
A.  Swift,  A.  II.  Shaw,  E.  A.  Kirk,  John  L.  Harrington. 

1900 — President,  Henry  McDonald;  vice-president,  John  II. 
Boyle;  treasurer,  C.  M.  Wright;  secretary,  E.  H.  Boecklen;  direct- 
ors, Henry  McDonald,  John  II.  Boyle,  E.  A.  Littlefield,  Paul  O'Brien, 
Fred  Hadd,  George  Alderman,  James  Russell. 

By  glancing  at  these  lists  of  officers  it  will  he  seen  that  Assistant 
Marshal  Wright  and  Capt.  Boecklen  have  held  the  positions  of  treas- 
urer and  secretary  respectively  ever  since  the  association  was  organ- 
ized. 


CHAPTER    VII. 
A  RESERVE  FORCE. 

A  MUCH-TALKED-OF  PROJECT  FOR  INCREASING  THE  EFFICIENCY 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT — THE  VARIOUS  DETAILS,  THE  HOURS  OF 
SERVICE  OF  EACH  AND  THE  BEATS  THEY  COVER — ANENT 
RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT — HINTS  AND 
SUGGESTIONS. 

PERHAPS  one  of  the  greatest  needs  of  the  Springfield  police 
department  to-day  is  a  reserve  force.  The  lack  of  it  has  been 
felt  at  times  in  a  serious  manner  and  has  greatly  handicapped  the 
department,  especially  when,  as  is  frequently  the  case,  several  of  the 
patrolmen  are  absent  at  the  same  time  on  account  of  illness  or  other 
causes.  Much  trouble  and  difficulty  would  be  obviated  along  these 
lines  by  the  creation  of  a  reserve  force  such  as  the  city  is  clearly 
entitled  to,  and  which  it  is  believed  should  be  created  as  soon  as 
possible  in  order  to  still  further  add  to  the  efficiency  of  the  depart- 
ment. 

When  this  reform  is  adopted — and  the  men  interested  in  the 
efficiency  of  the  department  believe  that  it  will  come  before  long — 
Springfield  will  be  entitled  to  fifteen  reserve  men. 

The  members  of  the  reserve  force  would  be  chosen  in  just  the 
same  manner  as  are  the  regulars  and  would  therefore  have  to  undergo 
a  civil  service  examination.  The  method  of  appointment  would  also 
be  the  same,  the  legislative  act  authorizing  this  measure  giving  the 
mayor  or  city  marshal  the  right  to  assign  members  of  the  reserve  force 
to  duty  whenever  and  for  whatever  length  of  time  they  are  needed. 
Their  powers  and  rights  would  be  the  same  as  the  regulars.  A  reserve 
officer  who  had  done  six  months  of  duty  would  be  able  to  show  in  thai 
time  whether  or  not  he  had  the  making  of  a  good  officer  in  him,  and 


r»4  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

if  it  were  found  that  he  was  not  likely  to  come  up  to  the  mark  he 
could  be  quietly  and  unceremoniously  given  intimation  that  he  would 
hardly  do. 

Whether  or  not  his  six-months'  service  would  be  credited  as  his 
probationary  period  is  a  matter  of  some  controversy.  Some  authori- 
ties interpret  the  law  to  mean  that  it  does  cover  his  probationary 
period,  while  others  hold  that  his  probationary  period  does  not  begin 
until  after  his  six-months'  service  as  a  reserve  officer  is  served.  If  the 
latter  is  the  correct  conception,  then  the  city  marshal  would  have  a 
full  year  in  which  to  judge  of  the  ability  and  efficiency  of  a  man 
before  he  was  appointed  a  permanent  member  of  the  force.  And  in  a 
year  a  man's  fitness  for  the  position  of  a  police  officer  could  be  pretty 
accurately  tested.  His  good  and  his  bad  points  and  his  merits  and 
his  failings  in  general  would  be  reasonably  sure  to  show  above  the 
surface.  If  at  the  end  of  a  year  it  would  be  considered  wise  to  drop 
him  Ins  name  would  be  erased  from  the  eligible  list,  and  if  he  still  had 
aspirations  for  the  life  of  a  patrolman  he  would  be  obliged  to  begin  at 
the  beginning  and  go  through  another  civil  service  examination  to 
have  his  name  put  back  on  the  list. 

There  are  undoubtedly  other  things  which  the  department  needs, 
but  this  appears  to  be  one  of  the  most  urgent  of  all. 

An  exceedingly  wide  territory  is  covered  by  the  present  force  and, 
when  it  happens  that  there  are  several  absentees  at  a  time,  a  lot  of 
1  thinning  and  thinking  has  to  be  done  in  order  to  arrange  for  a  proper 
covering  of  all  the  beats. 

Here  are  the  different  details,  their  beats,  and  the  hours  in  which 
they  are  patrolled : 

A  detail  comprising  twelve  men  on  an  average  is  on  duty  from 
8  a.m.  to  G  p.m.,  covering  these  beats: 

Franklin  Street,  north. 

Franklin  Street  to  Railroad  Crossing. 

Railroad  Crossing  to  Vernon  Street. 

Vernon  to  Howard  Street. 

.Main  Street  from  Howard,  south. 

Water  Street,  railroad  track,  Port  to  Stale. 

Water  Street.  State  to  Norwood. 

Ward  Five,  south  of  State,  Ward  Seven. 

State  Street  to  Boston  and  Albany  railroad. 

Magazine  Street  to  New  England  railroad. 

Chestnut,  Lyman  to  State. 

Chestnut,  Lyman  Street  north,  east  to  the  corner  of  Liberty  and  Franklin. 

Depot. 


Patrolmen. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  67 

A  detail,  made  up  on  an  average,  of  nineteen  men  is  on  duty  from 
6  p.m.  to  2  a.m.  on  these  beats: 

Brightwood. 

Franklin  Street,  north  to  Carew,  east  to  Chestnut;  6  to  2  a.m.,  east  side  of 
Main. 

Franklin  street  south  to  Railroad  Crossing;  6  to  2  a.m.,  east  side  of  Main. 

Railroad  Crossing,  north  to  Memorial  Church,  west  to  Fulton;  6  to  8  p.m., 
west  side  of  Main. 

Emery  street,  north  to  Memorial  Church,  west  to  Fulton;  8  to  2  a.m.,  west 
side  of  Main. 

Railroad  Crossing  to  Vernon  until  8  p.m. 

Railroad  Crossing  to  Worthington,  8  to  2  a.m. 

Vernon  to  Howard,  until  8  p.m. 

Vernon  to  Sanford,  8  to  2  a.m. 

Howard  to  Mill  River,  until  8  p.m. 

Fremont  to  Mill  River,  top  of  Crescent  Hill. 

Fort  to  State,  until  8  p.m. 

Fort  to  Elm,  8  to  2  a.m. 

Water  Street,  railroad  track.  State  to  Wilcox  until  8  p.m. 

Union  to  Gardner,  8  to  2  a.m. 

School  to  Oak  Street,  south  to  corner  of  Cedar  and  Walnut  Streets,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Ward  Five,  from  Oak  east  to  Hancock,  south  to  Walnut  and  Ashley,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Magazine  Street  to -New  England  railroad. 

State  to  Boston  and  Albany  railroad,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Carew  Street,  north  to  Magnolia. 

Chestnut,  west  to  North  Main,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Boston  and  Albany  railroad,  north  to  Carew,  east  to  corner  of  Liberty  and 
Franklin,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Chestnut  east  to  Byers,  Boston  and  Albany  railroad  to  State,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Maple  Street,  east  to  School.  State  to  top  of  Crescent  Hill,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Depot,  6  to  2  a.m. 

Forest  Park  district. 

Ward  Seven. 

A  detail  composed  of  seven  men,  on  an  average,  covers  these  beats, 
doing  duty  from  8  p.m.  to  4  a.m. : 

Railroad  Crossing  to  Emery  Street,  west  side  of  Main  Street. 

Worthington  to  Vernon. 

Sanford  to  Bliss. 

Bliss  to  Fremont. 

Elm  to  Union,  until  2  a.m. 

Worthington  to  Gardner,  2  to  4  a.m. 

Ward  Five,  from  Hancock  Street  east  south  of  State. 

Ward  Eight. 


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Nine  men,  on  an  average,  comprise  a  detail  which  covers  these  beats, 
doing  duty  from  12  p.m.  to  8  a.m. : 

Greenwood  and  Clinton,  northwest  to  Fulton,  east  to  Chestnut. 

Greenwood  and  Clinton  to  Railroad  Crossing,  west  to  Fulton;  east  to  Chestnut. 

Railroad  Crossing  t<>  Vernon. 

Vernon  to  Howard. 

Howard  to  Mill  River, 

School  to  Oak,  south  to  Walnut  and  Cedar. 

Magazine  to  Buckingham,  Slate  to  Boston  and  Albany  railroad. 

Easl  of  Oak,  Buckingham  to  New  England  railroad. 

State  to  Boston  and  Albany  railroad. 

Chestnut.  State  to  Boston  and  Albany  railroad,  easl   to  Federal. 

State.  Maple,  Central,  Watershops. 

The  fire  detail  is  made  up  of  six  men  for  days  and  twelve  men  for 
nights.  These  patrolmen  answer  all  alarms  for  fires  and  are  expected 
to  remain  at  the  place  of  the  fire  until  dismissed  by  the  sergeant  in 
charge.  Formerly  it  was  the  custom  for  the  patrolmen  to  return  to 
their  posts  should  the  recall  sound  as  they  were  going  to  a  fire,  but 
under  the  present  regime  this  has  been  changed,  it  being  felt  that  in 
many  cases  officers  are  most  needed  after  the  danger  from  fire  is  over. 
Each  squad  of  patrolmen  is  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of 
one  of  the  three  sergeants. 

The  department  has  a  rigid  set  of  rules  and  regulations,  and  in 
addition  to  these  the  marshal  promulgates  such  orders  as  he  deems 
wise  from  time  to  time,  and  they  are  read  to  the  men  at  roll  call 
by  the  captain.  They  are  usually  of  a  brief  character  but  of  such  a 
nature  that  they  cannot  be  misunderstood.  They  will  stand  but  one 
interpretation. 

Some  extracts  from  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department 
will  perhaps  give  an  idea  of  the  duties  of  an  officer  who  attends  strictly 
to  business  first,  last  and  all  the  time. 

Every  patrolman  shall  hold  himself  in  readiness  at  all  times  to  answer  the 
calls  and  obey  the  orders  of  his  superior  officers.  He  shall  treat  his  superiors 
with  respect,  and  in  his  demeanor  to  his  associates  on  the  force  shall  be  courteous 
and  considerate,  guarding  himself  against  envy,  jealousy,  and  other  unfriendly 
feelings,  and  refraining  from  all  communications  to  their  discredit,  except  to  his 
superior  officers,  whom  it  is  his  duty  to  inform  of  every  neglect  or  disobedience 
of  orders  on  their  part  that  may  come  to  his  knowledge.  He  shall  conform  to 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department,  observe  the  laws  and  ordinances, 
and  render  his  services  to  the  city  with  zeal,  courage,  discretion  and  fidelity. 

He  shall  be  present  at  the  daily  roll  calls,  and  he  at  the  station  house  at  the 
time  appointed. 


SPEIXGFIELD,   MASS.  69 

Immediately  after  roll  call  each  patrolman  going  out  on  duty  shall  proceed  to 
his  relieving  post  and  relieve  the  officer  whose  tour  of  duty  has  expired.  In  case 
said  officer  is  not  at  his  post ,  the  relieving  officer  will  report  the  fact  to  the  station 
house. 

Patrolmen  must  not  walk  together  or  talk  with  each  other,  or  with  any  other 
■person  on  their  route  while  on  duty,  unless  it  be  to  communicate  information 
pertaining  to  the  department,  or  in  the  line  of  their  duty:  and  such  communica- 
tion must  be  as  brief  as  possible.  They  must  not  stand  still  while  on  duty,  but 
constantly  patrol  their  routes,  confining  their  patrol  within  the  limits  of  their 
respective  routes,  except  in  case  of  fire,  arrest  of  a  prisoner,  or  other  necessary 
absence  on  duty,  until  they  are  regularly  relieved.  Patrolmen  are  not  to  refuse 
to  give  their  assistance  for  protection  of  persons  and  property  near  their  own 
routes,  if  called  for  in  any  case  requiring  immediate  attention,  but  they  are  to 
return  as  soon  as  possible  to  their  own  routes. 

As  far  as  lie  can,  without  intruding  on  the  privacy  of  individuals,  the  patrol- 
man must  note  all  removals  from  or  into  the  limits  of  his  route,  and  acquire  such 
a  knowledge  of  the  inhabitants  as  will  enable  him  to  recognize  them.  It  is  indis- 
pensably necessary  that  he  should  make  himself  perfectly  acquainted  witli  all 
parts  of  his  route,  and  with  the  streets,  thoroughfares,  courts  and  houses  within  it. 

He  shall  furnish  such  information,  and  render  such  aid  to  all  persons  when 
requested,  as  is  consistent  with  his  duty.  He  shall  keep  his  number  in  sight,  and 
give  his  name  and  number  to  all  who  demand  them. 

If  he  hears  the  cry  of  "watch."  or  other  call  for  assistance,  he  shall  proceed 
to  render  aid  with  all  dispatch,  taking  every  precaution  practicable  for  the 
protection  of  his  route,  when  he  leaves  it  for  this  or  any  other  purpose. 

He  shall  cause  all  children  who  have  strayed,  or  infants  who  have  been  aban- 
doned, to  be  taken  to  the  residence  of  their  parents,  if  known,  and  within  the 
bounds  of  his  route;  and  if  not,  to  the  station  house.  He  shall  send  persons  of 
thr  age  of  discretion  and  penniless,  without  homes,  to  the  "Overseers  of  the 
Poor,"  City  Hall.  He  shall  take  note  of  all  contagious  disease,  or  sudden  death, 
when  there  is  reasonable  ground  to  suspect  criminality,  and  render  immediate  aid 
in  case  of  accident  or  illness  in  the  streets,  ascertaining  all  important  particulars 
connected  therewith,  and  make  report  thereof  to  the  captain. 

He  must  strictly  watch  the  conduct  of  all  persons  of  known  bad  character, 
fixing  in  his  mind  such  impressions  as  will  enable  him  to  recognize  them  when  he 
meets  them  in  the  streets  at  night.  He  must  note  their  movements  and  the 
premises  they  enter,  learn  their  names,  residences  and  occupations,  and  report  to 
the  captain  any  information  he  may  obtain.  He  shall  note  during  the  night  all 
vehicles  which  in  any  way  excite  suspicion. 

He  shall  take  particular  notice  of  all  places  where  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold,  and  report  to  the  captain  all  unlicensed  places,  and  all  places  where  the 
terms  of  the  license  under  which  liquors  are  sold  are  not  fully  complied  with, 
lb-  will  be  supplied  by  the  marshal  with  copies  of  the  law  regxdating  the  sale  of 
liquor,  and  the  licensing  of  innholders  and  common  victualers.  He  must  note  .-ill 
junk  shops  and  shops  of  second-hand  dealers  and  pawnbrokers,  all  places  of 
amusements,  and  all  licensed  persons  and  places  within  his  route,  and  also  all 
suspected  gambling  houses,  dancing  places,  venders  of  lottery  tickets,  and  houses 


70  DEPARTMENT    OF   POLICE. 

of  ill-fame,  and  keep  a  list  thereof  in  his  book  for  reference,  and  report  the  same 
to  the  captain. 

While  on  duty  he  shall  note  all  street  and  sidewalk  obstructions ;  all  defects 
therein  from  which  accidents  may  occur,  removing  them  when  practical;  all 
places  for  which  temporary  permits  are  granted  for  building,  or  where  openings 
or  excavations  are  being  made,  and  see  that  suitable  accommodations  are  provided 
for  the  public  travel;  all  coal-holes  left  exposed  or  insecure;  all  street  lamps  out 
of  repair,  not  lighted  at  proper  times,  or  too  early  extinguished;  all  buildings 
erected,  or  in  the  process  of  erection,  contrary  to  law,  or  any  building  defectively 
built,  or  which  has  become  unsafe,  or  where  any  noisome,  dangerous  or  unwhole- 
some trade  is  carried  on;  all  nuisances  or  other  matters  affecting  the  safety  and 
convenience  of  the  public,  or  the  interests  of  the  city;  and  shall  make  report 
thereof  without  delay,  in  writing,  to  the  captain, 

lie  shall  examine  in  the  nighl  time  all  stores  to  see  that  the  doors  are  properly 
secured,  and.  if  not,  give  notice  to  the  inmates,  if  any.  Where  the  buildings  are 
unoccupied,  he  must  make  last  all  doors  and  windows  found  open,  and  notify  the 
owners  in  the  morning.  He  must  take  special  notice  of  all  vacant  dwelling  houses 
to  prevent  depredations;  be  vigilant  to  prevent  tire  or  waste  of  water;  call  the 
attention  of  abutters  to  the  state  of  their  sidewalks,  where,  by  snow,  ice,  or  other 
cause,  they  are  rendered  dangerous,  or  where  obstructed  by  fuel,  boxes  or  other 
articles,  or  with  goods,  or  signs  extending  over  the  same;  take  notes  of  all  ashes, 
garbage,  dead  animals,  or  other  offensive  matter,  thrown  into  the  street,  or  when 
the  street  is  used  for  washing  carriages  or  horses,  and  is  improperly  obstructed 
thereby.  Where  the  laws  and  ordinances,  orders,  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  such  cases,  upon  notice  given,  are  not  forthwith  obeyed,  the  officer 
shall  do  what  he  can  himself  to  make  the  way  safe  and  convenient,  ascertain  the 
names  of  the  parties  offending,  and  report  the  same  for  complaint  and  prosecu- 
tion. 

Whenever  three  or  more  persons  obstruct  the  sidewalks,  in  violation  of  the 
City  Ordinances,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  to  courteously  request  them  to 
move  on,  and,  if  such  persons  unreasonably  persist  in  remaining  so  as  to  incom- 
mode other  passengers,  the  officer  shall  take  them  to  the  station  house,  provided, 
tlie  names  of  the  offenders  are  unknown  to  the  officer;  if  known,  lie  shall  take 
their  names  and  report  the  same  to  station  house. 

He  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  all  cases  of  drowning  coming  under  his 
observation,  using  every  means  in  his  power,  regardless  of  time  or  cost,  to  resus- 
citate persons  taken  from  the  water. 

He  shall  note  all  cases  of  fast  driving;  brutality  to  animals;  all  cases  where 
the  drivers  of  unlicensed  vehicles  are  uncivil,  or  demand  illegal  fares;  or  do  not 
conform  to  any  other  lawful  provision  made  for  their  regulation. 

When  a  disturbance  occurs  he  shall  instantly  proceed  to  the  spot  and  use  his 
best  efforts  to  restore  quiet.  If  any  person  has  committed  a  felonious  assault,  or 
any  felonious  crime,  or  by  loud  outcries,  or  otherwise,  persists  in  disturbing  the 
peace,  the  person  offending  shall  be  taken  into  custody  and  conveyed  to  the 
station  house.  If  the  patrolman  is  opposed  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  and 
no  other  police  officer  is  within  call,  he  may,  in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth, 
demand  the  aid  of  any  citizen  present. 


Patrolmen. 


SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 


73 


If  a  policeman  immediately  pursues  a  person  who  has  committed  a  felony,  or 
one  who  is  reasonably  suspected  of  having  committed  a  felony,  it  is  his  duty  to 
follow  the  criminal  wherever  he  may  go.  If  the  criminal  takes  refuge  in  any 
house  or  building  the  policeman,  after  stating  his  office  and  object  and  demanding 
admission,  and  admission  being  refused,  or  if  there  should  be  no  one  present  of 
whom  to  make  such  demand,  may  forcibly  open  the  outer  door  or  windows,  enter 
the  house  or  building  and  arrest  the  offender.  Saving  obtained  entrance  in  tins 
or  any  other  manner,  he  may  forcibly  open  an  inner  door,  in  order  to  effect  the 
arrest  of  the  person  of  whom  he  is  in  pursuit. 

Forcibly  opening  an  outer  door  is  generally  a  violent  and  dangerous  proceed- 
ing and  should  never  be  resorted  to  except  in  extreme  cases,  when  an  immediate 
arrest  is  necessary. 

He  may  also  examine  any  person  whom  he  shall  see  walking  abroad  in  the 
night  after  ten  o'clock,  whom  he  shall  have  reason  to  suspect  of  any  unlawful 
design,  and  may  demand  of  him  his  business  abroad  at  such  a  time,  and  whither 
he  is  going.     This  authority  must  be  exercised  with  great  caution. 

When  any  party  charges  another  with  crime,  and  insists  that  the  party  so 
charged  shall  be  taken  into  custody,  he  shall  require  the  accuser  if  unknown  to 
him,  or  there  is  any  other  sufficient  reason  for  it.  to  go  with  the  accused  to  the 
police  station. 

When  it  becomes  necessary  to  take  a  party  into  custody  he  shall  do  so  in  as 
quiet  a  manner  as  possible,  using  only  sufficient  force  to  secure  the  prisoner,  and 
in  no  instance  shall  he  strike  the  prisoner  except  in  self-defense.  Any  unneces- 
sary abuse  of  prisoners  while  in  custody,  either  by  word  or  act,  will  be  severely 
punished. 

The  property  coming  into  his  possession  in  his  official  capacity,  he  shall  place 
in  the  hands  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  station  without  delay. 

As  by  virtue  of  his  appointment  he  can  act  officially  in  criminal  matters  only, 
he  will  not  render  assistance  in  any  civil  case  whatever,  except  to  prevent  a  breach 
of  the  peace,  or  to  suppress  a  disturbance  actually  commenced;  nor  shall  he  serve 
any  warrant  of  search  without  permission  of  his  superior  officer.  In  cases  where 
a  distress  is  made  for  any  cause,  or  when  disputes  arise  between  parties  upon  civil 
matters,  he  is  not  to  give  assistance  to  either,  or  interfere  between  them,  unless  it 
be  necessary  to  prevent  a  breach  of  the  peace  or  to  quell  a  disturbance.  He  is, 
on  such  occasions,  merely  to  take  persons  breaking  the  peace  into  custody. 

He  shall,  each  day,  at  the  end  of  his  tour  of  duty,  make  report  to  the  captain 
on  his  "Report  Card"  of  all  that  he  has  done,  and  all  important  information 
that  has  come  to  his  knowledge  during  the  previous  twenty  four  hours,  or  since 
his  last  report,  exhibiting  his  book  if  requested. 

Every  officer  must  wear  a  prescribed  badge  and  uniform  when  on  duty,  or  in 
court,  unless  he  have  permission  from  his  superior  officer  to  do  otherwise,  or  is 
suspended  from  duty. 

Full  pay  will  be  allowed  members  of  the  police  force  during  the  regular 
annual  vacation  of  two  weeks,  excepting  so  far  as  such  pay  or  any  part  thereof  may 
have  been  forfeited  for  any  cause,  as  laid  down  in  the  rules  established  for  the 
government  of  the  force.  In  no  other  case,  when  members  are  absenl  on  leave, 
shall  any  pay  be  allowed  them,  except  when  otherwise  ordered  by  the  mayor  and 
board  of  aldermen. 


74  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

The  salary  and  pay  of  members  of  the  force  shall  be  paid  monthly  to  each 
person  entitled  thereto,  in  accordance  with  prescribed  rules  and  regulations,  sub- 
ject however  to  such  deductions  each  month  as  shall  be  made  for  loss  of  time  or 
to  satisfy  fines  imposed. 

The  hours  of  regular  service  shall  be  from  time  to  time  specified  by  the  cap- 
tain, under  the  direction  of  the  marshal;  but,  when  occasion  requires,  officers 
are  liable  to  be  called  into  service  at  any  time.  In  the  exercise  of  the  criminal 
power  of  constables,  police  officers  are  officers  of  the  state,  and  may  be  required 
to  go  into  any  other  part  of  the  state  to  arrest  criminals  or  for  other  duties.  No 
compensation  will  be  allowed,  beyond  their  pay,  for  extra  service,  except  upon 
such  Wills  as  are  approved  by  the  mayor  and  hoard  of  aldermen. 

Bach  member  of  the  police  force  shall  devote  his  whole  time  and  attention  to 
the  business  of  the  department,  and  is  expressly  prohibited  from  following  any 
other  calling,  or  being  employed  in  any  other  husiness.  Although  certain  hours 
are  allotted  to  the  respective  members  for  the  performance  of  duty  on  ordinary 
occasions,  yet  at  all  times,  when  notified,  he  must  he  prepared  to  act  immedi- 
ately. 

He  musl  readily  and  punctually  obey  the  orders  and  instructions  of  his  supe- 
riors. If  they  appear  to  him  either  unlawful  or  improper,  he  may  appeal  to  the 
mayor  and  hoard  of  aldermen;  hut  any  refusal  to  perform  the  orders  of  his 
superiors,  or  negligence  in  so  doing,  will  lie  visited  by  punishment. 

Coolness  and  firmness  will  he  expected  in  all  cases  of  every  officer;  and  in 
time  of  extreme  peri]  the  police  must  he  careful  to  act  together  and  to  proted 
each  ot  her  in  t  he  restoration  of  peace.  Whoever  shrinks  from  danger  or  responsi- 
bility a1  such  a  moment  shall  he  reported  for  discharge  as  unworthy  a  place  in 
t  he  service. 

Kach  member,  in  his  conduct  and  deportment,  must  he  quiet,  civil  and 
orderly;  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  he  must  he  attentive  and  zealous,  control 
his  temper,  and  exercise  the  utmost  patience  and  discretion.  He  must  at  all 
times  refrain  from  harsh,  violent,  coarse  and  profane  language;  when  he  is  asked 
a  question  by  any  person  he  is  not  to  answer  in  a  short  or  careless  manner, 
but  with  all  possible  attention  and  courtesy,  at  the  same  time  avoiding  as  much 
as  possible  entering  into  unnecessary  conversation.  He  shall  in  a  respectful  man- 
ner give  his  name  and  number  to  all  persons  who  inquire.  He  must  not  use  his 
club  except  in  urgent  cases.  He  must  he  particularly  careful  not  to  interfere, 
idly  or  unnecessarily.  When  required  to  act  he  will  do  so  with  energy  and  deci- 
sion; and,  in  the  proper  exercise  of  his  authority,  he  may  expect  to  receive  the 
fullest  support. 

Every  member  of  the  force  at  all  times  when  entering  upon  duty  must  he 
neat  in  person,  his  clothes  and  boots  clean,  and  his  dress  in  conformity  with  the 
rules  and  regulations.  At  all  other  times  he  shall  be  dressed  in  like  manner, 
unless  on  account  of  the  weather  or  other  sufficient  cause  arising  from  the  imme- 
diate discharge  of  his  duty  his  dress  becomes  soiled  or  deranged,  in  winch  case  it 
shall  be  put  in  proper  order  as  soon  as  circumstances  will  permit. 

Umbrellas  or  walking  canes  are  not  to  be  carried  by  members  of  the  force 
while  on  duty. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  75 

Officers  will  avoid  all  religious  or  political  discussions  at  the  station  house; 
they  shall  not  interfere  or  make  any  use  of  the  influence  of  their  office  in  elec- 
tions, but  may  quietly  exercise  the  right  of  suffrage,  as  other  citizens. 

No  member  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  accept  from  any  person,  either  liable 
to  arrest  or  complaint,  or  from  any  person  in  custody,  or  after  he  has  been  dis- 
charged, or  from  any  of  such  person's  friends,  any  gratuity  reward  or  gift  what- 
soever; nor  from  any  person,  money  or  any  other  compensation  for  services  ren- 
dered or  damages  sustained  while  on  duty;  nor  shall  any  officer  receive  any 
compensation  for  services  rendered,  or  reimbursements  for  expenses  incurred  by 
him  in  connection  with  his  official  services,  without  the  approval  of  the  mayor 
and  board  of  aldermen;  nor  until  he  shall  have  furnished  a  report  in  writing  of 
the  nature  and  extent  of  the  services  so  rendered,  and  a  detailed  account  of  the 
expenses  so  incurred. 

The  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  may,  in  their  discretion,  permit  the  mem- 
bers of  the  force,  for  services  rendered  by  them  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties, 
which  are  specially  meritorious,  to  receive  rewards  or  presents  tendered  them  for 
such  services. 

In  each  and  every  case,  application  must  be  made  to  the  mayor  and  board  of 
aldermen  in  writing,  for  permission  to  receive  any  reward  or  present,  and  it  will 
be  granted  or  not  as  the  board  may  deem  advisable.  The  nature  or  amount  of 
the  reward  or  present  must  be  stated  in  the  application. 

No  member  of  the  department  shall,  while  on  duty,  drink  any  intoxicating 
liquor,  or,  except  in  the  immediate  performance  of  his  duty,  enter  any  place  in 
which  intoxicating  drinks  are  sold  or  furnished. 

Untruthfulness  is  a  grave  disqualification  for  the  police  service.  Members  of 
the  police  force  are  required  to  speak  the  truth  at  all  times  and  under  all  circum- 
stances, whether  under  oath  or  otherwise,  except  in  cases  where  they  are  not 
allowed  by  the  rules  of  the  service  to  divulge  the  facts  within  their  knowledge,  in 
which  case  they  will  say  nothing.  Failure  so  to  do  will  subject  the  offending 
member  to  charges  and  dismissal.  When  called  upon  to  give  evidence,  or  make 
any  deposition,  they  are  under  the  direction  of  the  court,  and  in  response  to  ques- 
tions asked,  to  state,  in  a  clear  and  distinct  voice,  truly,  all  they  know  respecting 
the  matter  inquired  of,  without  fear  or  reservation,  and  without  any  desire  or 
design  to  influence  the  result. 

No  member  will  be  permitted  to  apply  for  a  warrant  for  an  assault  upon  him- 
self without  first  reporting  the  case,  through  his  superior  officer,  to  the  marshal, 
and  obtaining  from  him  permission  to  make  such  application.  No  member  of 
the  force  shall  testify  in  any  civil  or  criminal  case  in  any  court  unless  legally 
summoned  so  to  do,  or  unless  he  shall  have  received  permission  or  order  so  to  do 
from  the  officer  in  command  or  from  the  marshal. 

Whenever  any  lost  or  abandoned  child  shall  come  or  be  brought  to  the  stal  ion 
house,  the  officer  in  charge  shall  enter  upon  the  blotter  a  description  of  said 
child,  the  time  when  and  place  where  it  was  found,  and  such  other  particulars  as 
may  serve  to  identify  it. 

He  shall  forthwith  send  notice,  with  a,  description  of  said  child,  to  the  mar- 
shal, and  shall  also  notify  him  when  said  child  shall  be  identified  and  returned  to 
its  friends. 


76  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

He  shall  if  said  child  be  identified  while  in  his  care,  send  notice  immediately 
to  its  parents  or  relatives.  If  such  child  shall  remain  without  being  claimed  or 
identified  until  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  the  day  in  which  it  conies  into  the 
station  house,  it  shall  be  given  into  the  care  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor  with  a 
statement  of  when  and  where  it  was  found,  and  all  the  facts  which  may  serve  to 
identify  it. 

No  intoxicating  drink  shall  lie  introduced  upon  any  pretext  into  the  station 
house  except  when  ordered  by  a  physician. 

Members  of  the  police  force  are  forbidden  to  play  any  game  of  cards,  or 
to  gamble  in  any  manner  in  the  station  house.  The  games  allowed  at  the  station 
house  are  chess,  dominoes  and  draughts. 

All  lost,  or  abandoned,  or  other  money  or  property,  coming  into  the  possession 
of  any  member  id'  the  police  force  by  virtue  of  his  office,  shall  be  taken  to  the 
station  house  and  delivered  to  the  officer  in  charge  thereof,  who  shall  receive  I  lie 
same  and  enter  a  description  thereof  upon  the  blotter,  together  with  the  time  and 
place,  when  and  where  it  was  obtained,  and  carefully  mark  it  for  the  purpose  of 
identification. 

The  officer  in  charge  of  the  station  may  deliver  all  such  lost,  abandoned  or 
other  money  or  property  which  may  come  into  his  possession  by  virtue  of  his 
office,  to  the  proven  owner  thereof,  after  the  expiration  of  twenty-four  hours  from 
the  time  the  same  shall  have  been  received  by  hun,  and  shall  take  a  receipt  there- 
for from  the  person  to  whom  he  may  deliver  it.  said  receipt  to  lie  tiled  in  the 
general  receipt  book  of  the  station  house. 

The  officer  in  charge  of  the  station  shall  cause  all  animals,  vehicles,  or  other 
cumbrous  or  perishable  property  which  may  come  into  his  possession  as  lost, 
stolen  or  abandoned,  or  as  having  been  taken  from  any  person  arrested,  to  be 
stored  and  kept  in  some  proper  place.  lie  may  at  any  time  deliver  such  property 
to  the  proven  owner  thereof  upon  his  giving  a  receipt  therefor  and  paying  all 
expenses  incurred  by  the  police  department  thereon. 

The  officer  in  charge  of  the  station  shall  particularly  register  each  lot  of  such 
money  or  other  property  in  books  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  number  the  same  on 
the  book  and  on  a  ticket  to  be  attached  to  such  money  or  other  property,  and 
shall  also  record  the  names  of  the  persons  from  whom  such  money  was  taken,  the 
names  of  the  claimants  thereto,  the  time  of  seizure  or  receiving  of  the  same,  and 
the  final  disposal  thereof. 

The  above  are  not  all  of  the  rules  and  regulations,  but  they  are 
enough  to  show  what  sort  of  discipline  is  expected.  The  following 
excellent  hints  and  suggestions  have  also  been  compiled  for  the 
patrolmen : 

You  have  been  appointed  and  have  accepted  of  an  office  in  which  the  respon- 
sibilities and  duties  are  more  varied  and  difficult,  and  in  which  the  trust  reposed 
in  you  is  of  more  importance  to  the  public  ami  to  yourself,  than  is  generally 
admitted. 

You  have  undertaken  the  work  of  an  executive  officer  of  the  criminal  law, 
and  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Springfield,  and  as  a  conservator  of  the 
peace,  your  acts  will  be  subject  to  the  observation  and  the  criticism  of  the  public; 


Patrolmen. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  79 

and  upon  the  standpoint  which  you  assume,  and  the  course  you  pursue,  depends 
the  credit  of  the  department  to  which  you  belong,  and  your  success  as  an  officer. 

At  the  commencement,  do  not  forget  that  in  this  business  your  health  and 
your  character  are  your  capital ;  remember  that  your  muscle  will  be  of  little  avail 
unless  you  carry  with  it  a  moral  power. 

Hold  your  word  sacred ;  no  matter  when,  where  or  to  whom  given. 

When  on  your  beat,  do  not  play  the  idler  by  lounging  in  doorways,  on  cor- 
ners, or  against  lamp-posts,  nor  by  making  long  calls  in  stores  or  shops,  but 
patrol  your  beat  honestly  and  faithfully,  and  make  it  your  business  to  know  what 
is  going  on  in  every  part  of  it  as  far  as  practicable ;  let  no  person  or  circumstance 
escape  your  notice.  You  should  be  able  at  all  times  to  give  information  respect- 
ing any  circumstances  of  importance  occurring  thereon,  and  if  at  any  time  any- 
thing should  happen  requiring  your  attention  when  you  are  not  present,  always 
ask  yourself — "Where  was  I  at  that  time?"  and  make  a  memorandum  of  the 
fact  in  your  book. 

You  should  learn  the  people  residing  or  doing  business  on  your  beat,  and 
protect  their  property;  make  yourself  useful,  and  aid  them  in  their  lawful  pur- 
suits, as  far  as  practicable,  without  neglecting  your  duties;  and  by  an  upright 
and  straightforward  course,  and  a  close  attention  to  duty,  try  to  merit  the  good 
will  of  all  good  citizens ;  for  you  know  not  how  soon  you  may  want  their  aid  and 
sympathy,  and  their  favor  may  add  much  to  your  power  and  influence  to  do 
good ;  but  avoid  as  much  as  possible  laying  yourself  under  special  obligations  to 
any  one,  but  rather  let  your  services  place  others  under  obligations  to  you. 

Lend  a  willing  ear  to  all  complaints  made  to  you  as  an  officer;  the  most 
unworthy  may  have  just  cause  to  complain,  ami  a  right  to  be  heard. 

In  ordinary  cases,  when  you  are  at  loss  what  to  do,  or  how  to  act,  better  do 
little  than  too  much. 

To  deprive  a  person  of  his  liberty  and  confine  him  in  a  cell,  is  an  important 
and  responsible  duty;  and  if  an  arrest  is  necessary,  so  is  good  judgment  and  dis- 
cretion. School  yourself  on  all  occasions  to  keep  cool,  and  maintain  at  all  times 
a  proper  control  of  temper.  He  that  can  govern  himself  can  control  others. 
Never  degrade  your  position  by  placing  yourself  on  the  level  of  a  man  in  a  pas- 
sion ;  an  officer  who  cannot  control  his  temper  has  not  the  natural  qualifications 
of  a  good  officer. 

No  officer  can  be  efficient  or  successful  in  the  execution  of  his  duties  without 
possessing  a  general  knowledge  of.  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  and  of  the 
ordinances  of  the  city,  and  you  should  spare  no  pains  to  make  yourself  familiar 
with  these  matters.  You  should  understand  fully  the  criminal  laws  which  you 
are  to  execute,  and  enough  of  the  civil  law  to  distinguish  between  the  two;  ami 
for  this  purpose,  it  would  be  well  for  you  to  visit  the  courts  as  often  as  practica- 
ble, so  as  to  make  yourself  familiar  with  their  rules  and  practices,  and  when  you 
are  called  to  take  the  witness  stand,  give  in  your  testimony  clearly  and  distinctly, 
and  loud  enough  to  be  heard  by  the  court  and  jury,  and  make  it  as  brief  as  you 
can  ami  tell  all  the  facts.  Be  careful  and  not  disgrace  yourself  in  the  eyes  of  the 
court  and  others,  by  letting  personal  feelings  or  malice  creep  into  your  testi- 
mony; do  not  try  to  color  the  facts  in  the  least,  and  never  give  as  one  reason  for 
an  arrest,  "He  was  saucy  or  impudent,"  for  if  you  have  no  other  and  better  rea- 
son, you  were  not  justified  in  making  the  arrest.     Remember  that   the  mere  lad 


80  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

of  somebody  ordering  you  to  make  an  arrest  does  not  justify  you;  you  must  be 
ascertained   of  the   fact    that   some  crime   1ms  been  committed.     Ask  yourself, 

•What  proof  have  I  to  report  at  tl (lice  with  thisperson?"     But  if  an  act  of 

great  violence  has  been  committed,  you  should  secure  the  offender  at  the  first 
possible  moment,  and  to  do  so  you  are  to  use  no  more  force  than  is  necessary  to 
protect  yourself  and  secure  your  man.  Remember  that  it  is  no  pari  of  your  duty 
to  punish.  In  arresting  intoxicated  persons  who  resist  the  officer,  it  would  be 
well  for  you  to  take  the  same  view  of  the  ease  you  would  of  an  insane  person 
who  is  no1  responsible  for  his  actions.  Confine  him  so  he  cannot  harm  any  one, 
and  if  he  cannot  walk,  or  refuses  to  do  so,  if  help  is  not  at  hand,  send  to  the 
office,  or  for  a  suitable  conveyance  to  take  him  to  the  station  house.  It  is  a  dis 
graceful  and  disgusting  sight  to  see  a  drunken  man  dragged  through  the  streets, 
and  makes  more  enemies  than  friends  with  the  force;  remember  that  the  sympa- 
thy of  the  people  is  always  with  and  for  the  prisoner;  do  this  kind  of  business  in 
such  a  way  that  you  can  face  the  parties  who  see  tie-  arrest,  and  led  that  they 
have  no  cause  to  say  that  you  abused  the  prisoner. 

A  warrant  directed  to  the  police  officers  of  Springfield  may  Ue  legally  executed 
by  you:  such  a  warrant  uives  you  the  right,  it  necessary,  to  force  an  entrance  to 
reach  the  person  to  be  arrested,   but   remember  thai  firsl  there  must  he  a  demand 

and  a   refusal. 

It  will  he  well  for  you  in  all  cases  when  you  are  to  act  upon  written  instruc- 
tions, firsl  to  read  your  precept  carefully  and  see  if  it  is  all  right,  for  if  it  is  not, 
you  alone  may  he  Liable  to  punishment. 

Whenever  you  find  it  necessary  to  make  an  arrest,   and   you  attempt  it,  d >t 

fail  in  your  purpose,  hut  he  careful  that  you  use  no  more  force  than  is  actually 
necessary.  Calculate  well  your  chances;  better  not  make  the  attempt  than  to 
fail.  In  all  cases  he  careful  and  do  not  give  an  order  that  you  have  not  reasona- 
ble grounds   to   suppose   you   can   enforce  with   the   assistance   at   your  CO] and. 

Give  all  order-  in  a  clear  and  decided  manner,  and  in  such  a  way  that  all  who 
hear  them  may  see  that  you  have  confidence  in  yourself,  and  expert  to  lie  obeyed. 
An  order  given  in  fear  and  in  a  trembling  voice,  is  not  worth  the  breath  ii  cosl 
to  give  it . 

Winn  you  have  a  prisoner  in  custody,  walk  by  his  side  or  behind  him.  Do  not 
trust  him  behind  you;  he  may  escape,  or  bystanders  may  mistake  you  for  him. 
you  being  in  his  place. 

Do  not  find  fault  and  say  you  have  been  assigned  the  hardest  heat  in  the  city, 
for  sonic  one  has  gol  that  heat  to  patrol,  and  your  superior  officer  may  think  you 
better  qualified  than  any  other  officer  on  the  force.  Do  not  discuss  politics 
..r  religion  while  on  duty:  treat  all  persons  kindly.  A  word  of  comfort  to  the 
afflicted,  or  advice  to  the  unfortunate,  will  cost  you  nothing,  and  may  do  good; 
and  finally,  whatever  duty  you  are  called  upon  to  perform,  set  your  mind  and 
face  to  the  work,  and  let  all  your  acts  he  guided  by  a  common  sense  view  of  men 
and  things  around  you. 


CHAPTER  VIII 
THOSE  IX  CHARGE. 

SHORT  SKETCHES  OF  THE  MAYOR,  MEMBERS  OF  THE  POLICE  COM- 
MITTEE, CITY  MARSHAL,  ASSISTANT  MARSHAL,  LIEUTENANT, 
CAPTAIN,    SERGEANTS,    INSPECTORS    AND    MATRON. 

MAYOR   WILLIAM    P.    HAYES. 

WILLIAM  P.  HAYES,  mayor  of  Springfield,  is  the  youngest 
man  who  has  ever  graced  the  mayor's  chair  in  this  city,  but 
no  mayor  in  recent  years  has  more  quickly  obtained  a  ready  and  sure 
grasp  of  the  multifarious  duties  of  the  exalted  position  with  which  he 
has  been  honored.  Early  in  his  administration  he  gave  ample  evi- 
dence of  the  possession  of  executive  ability  beyond  his  years  and 
succeeding  events  have  strengthened  the  high  opinion  of  his  ability 
that  prevailed  among  those  who  from  the  first  felt  confident  of  his 
strength  and  fitness;  while  he  has  also  won  the  admiration  of  those 
citizens  to  whom  he  was  almost  a  stranger  till  the  day  he  ascended 
the  platform  in  City  Hall  to  deliver  his  inaugural  message.  One  of 
the  slogans  of  his  campaign,  which  was  one  of  the  most  interesting  in 
many  respects  conducted  in  this  city  in  a  great  many  years,  was 
"Youth  is  no  crime,"  and  already  he  has  demonstrated  that  the 
absence  of  gray  hairs  is  not  necessarily  a  detriment,  and  that  an  old 
head  may  sometimes  be  found  resting  on  young  shoulders.  He  is  a 
far-seeing,  a  far-thinking  man  and  seems  destined  to  make  a  splendid 
record  for  himself  as  chief  executive  of  the  city. 

Mayor  Hayes  was  born  in  this  city,  March  27,  1866,  and  with  the 
exception  of  the  time  he  spent  at  college,  has  passed  his  entire  life  in 
the  place  of  his  nativity.  He  is  a  product  of  our  public  schools, 
having  first  attended  the  Hooker  grammar  school,  from  which  he 
passed  to  the  high  school,  graduating  in  the  class  of  '83.  He  after- 
wards spent  two  years   studying  law  in  the  office  of   that  brilliant 


82  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

member  of  the  Hampden  County  bar,  James  B.  Carroll,  then  entering 
the  Boston  University  Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1889,  with  the  degree  of  " magnum  cum  laude"  or  "with  great 
honor."  He  served  as  assistant  assessor  in  1888  and  1889,  and  during 
the  illness  of  the  chairman  of  the  board,  George  B.  Smith,  in  1890, 
he  took  Mr.  Smith's  place,  and  with  an  assistant,  made  his  canvass  of 
the  city. 

After  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890,  he  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  in  which  he  has  steadily  risen,  enjoying  an  excellent 
business,  and  possessing  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  associates  of 
the  Hampden  County  bar.  He  is  a  bright,  keen  lawyer,  a  good 
pleader  and  a  safe,  conscientious  adviser. 

In  politics  Mayor  Hayes  has  always  been  staunchly  Democratic, 
and  ever  since  he  cast  his  first  vote  has  been  interested  in  his  party's 
success,  and  prominent  in  its  councils,  locally.  He  was  elected  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  City  Committee  in  1890,. and  served  two  years 
in  that  capacity,  conducting  earnest,  vigorous  and  telling  campaigns 
each  time.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  common  council  from 
Ward  One  in  1891,  and  re-elected  the  following  year,  his  majorities 
being  handsome  ones  in  each  case.  Both  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  city  property  committee,  acting  as  its  secretary  one  year,  and 
being  identified  with  most  of  the  important  improvements  made 
during  his  service  on  the  board.  Thus,  he  brought  with  him  when 
he  entered  the  mayor's  office  a  valuable  experience  in  city  affairs, 
together  with  an  earnest  ambition  to  give  the  city  of  his  birth  the 
best  that  was  in  him. 

Mr.  Hayes  is  a  leading  member  of  the  Sacred  Heart  Church,  with 
which  he  is  prominently  identified.  He  is  also  a  leading  light  in  the 
Massachusetts  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters.  Mayor  Hayes  was  married 
in  1894  to  Miss  Mary  Curtis,  daughter  of  the  well-known  contractor 
and  brick  manufacturer,  D.  J.  Curtis,  and  they  have  three  children. 

POLICE    COMMITTEE. 

CHAIEMAN  EDWIX  A.  BLODOETT. 

The  chairman  of  the  police  committee  is  Alderman  Edwin  A. 
Blodgett,  a  prominent  business  man  and  a  leader  in  the  board  of 
aldermen.  Alderman  Blodgett  was  born  in  Brookfield,  Vt.,  on  the 
nation's  great  holiday.  July  4.  in  the  year  1851.  His  ancesters  came 
over  from  Cambridge.  England,  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1035.     Mr. 


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Blodgett's  parents  removed  from  Brooktield.  Yt.,  to  Randolph,  when 
he  was  two  years  of  age,  and  he  attended  the  district  schools  in  the 
latter  place,  finishing  his  education  in  the  State  Normal  School,  then 
located  at  Randolph,  and  from  which  educational  institution  he  was 
graduated  in  1869. 

Shortly  afterwards  he  came  to  this  city,  and  two  years  later  found 
him  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  the  lumber  establishment  of  Horace  Martin 
&  Company,  remaining  with  them  and  their  respective  successors  in 
business,  Richards  &  Bosworth  and  Marsh  &  Murray,  until  1883.  He 
then  accepted  a  responsible  position  with  the  Day  &  Jobson  lumber 
company,  with  which  he  has  remained  ever  since.  His  industry  and 
ready  knowledge  of  the  business,  obtained  by  long  and  valuable  expe- 
rience gained  for  him  the  good  will  of  the  company,  and  in  June. 
L893,  he  was  chosen  its  first  vice-president,  a  position  he  has  since 
filled  to  the  advancement  of  the  firm's  interests. 

In  politics  Mr.  Blodgett  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  he  is  a  careful 
and  conservative  member  of  the  city  council.  In  Masonic  circles 
throughout  the  state  he  is  especially  prominent,  being  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason. 

ALDERMAN  PRANK  H.  EIAVELL. 

Alderman  Frank  H.  Elwell,  who  is  a  member  of  the  police  com- 
mittee, is  now  serving  his  fifth  year  in  the  city  council.  He  was 
born  October  7.  1847,  at  Bristol,  Ct.,  where  his  childhood  was  spent. 

Early  in  his  youth  his  parents  removed  to  Montgomery,  Ala., 
where  they  remained  about  five  years,  when  the  family  returned  to 
the  North  and  lived  for  two  years  in  Westboro,  Mass.,  then  going  to 
Gardner. 

in  1860  Mr.  Elwell  came  to  this  city,  which  he  has  since  made 
his  home.  He  has  been  employed  at  the  armory  for  many  years,  and 
is  now  foreman  of  the  filing  department  there. 

Alderman  Elwell.  who  is  married  and  lives  at  00  Bliss  Street,  is 
a  member  of  Hampden  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  Fraternal 
Helpers  order.  He  was  for  three  years  a  member  of  the  common 
council,  and  is  now  in  his  second  year  in  the  upper  board.  He  is 
popular  with  his  associates,  and  well  liked  by  all  who  know  him. 

COUNCILMAN  EUGENE  M.  TINKHAM. 

Councilman  Eugene  M.  Tinkham,  of  the  police  committee,  is  a 
native  of  Sprague  (now  Franklin),  Ct.,  where  he  was  born  April  ID, 


86  DEPARTMENT   OF    POLICE. 

1842,  and  since  1872  he  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city.  He  went  to 
work  at  the  age  of  ten  in  the  Allen  woolen  mills  at  Franklin,  and 
continued  to  live  in  that  village  until  he  was  seventeen,  when  he  went 
to  Lawrence,  taking  a  position  in  the  Washington  mills,  remaining  in 
that  city  but  a  short  time,  when  he  went  to  Marcellus,  X.  Y.,  to  take 
charge  of  the  carding  room  of  the  Williard  mills.  He  remained  there 
until  his  twentieth  year,  living  for  a  short  time  thereafter  in  Ephratah 
and  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  enlisting  at  Waterloo,  August  6,  1862,  in  the 
148th  New  York  infantry.  He  served  with  his  regiment  throughout 
the  war  of  the  rebellion,  being  made  corporal  and  sergeant  in  succes- 
sion, and  receiving  his  discharge  on  June  22,  1865,  when  he  went  back 
to  Waterloo.  He  came  to  Springfield  in  October,  1872,  and  for  four 
years  was  in  charge  of  one  of  the  departments  of  the  old  Alden  mills, 
which  concern  he  left  to  take  a  position  at  the  Smith  &  Wesson  fac- 
tory, where  he  remained  seven  years,  leaving  to  accept  a  position  at 
the  Armory,  where  he  has  since  been  employed.  He  is  a  Mason  and 
Odd  Fellow.     In  politics  Councilman  Tinkham  is  a  Democrat. 

COUNCILMAN  OLIVER  E.  HINES. 

Councilman  Oliver  E.  Hines,  of  the  police  committee,  who  repre- 
sents Ward  8  in  the  lower  branch  of  the  city  council,  is  a  native  of 
Fitchburg,  in  this  state,  where  he  was  born  April  1,  1855,  but  since 
1869  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Springfield,  coming  from  Warren, 
Mass.,  to  this  city.  Since  1875,  with  the  exception  of  about  three 
years,  when  he  was  away  from  the  city,  he  has  been  employed  by  the 
Chapman  Valve  Company  of  Indian  Orchard,  being  now  foreman  of 
their  brass  foundry. 

Mr.  Hines,  who  is  a  brother  to  Customs  Surveyor  Henry  L.  Hines, 
is  a  member  of  Roswell  Lee  Lodge  of  Masons,  and  also  of  the  Order 
of  Red  Men.  This  is  his  first  year  in  the  city  council.  He  has  always 
been  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  an  active  worker  in  his  district. 

COUNCILMAN  NAPOLEON  L.  BYRON.     . 

Councilman  Napoleon  L.  Byron,  of  the  police  committee,  is  one 
of  the  leading  French-Canadian  residents  of  Springfield,  and  a  repre- 
sentative of  his  race  in  the  Republican  party,  locally. 

He  was  born  in  Milton,  Canada,  March  10,  1857,  and  came  to  the 
states  when  he  was  eight  years  old,  settling  in  Providence,  R.  L,  and 
coming  to  Springfield  in  1881.     He  is  a  carpenter  and  builder  by 


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trade,  and  was  engaged  as  a  contractor  for  about  five  years,  but  has 
conducted  an  undertaking  and  hack  business  since  1881,  also  conduct- 
ing a  cafe  on  Main  Street,  in  connection  with  his  other  business,  for 
some  time. 

Mr.  Byron  is  president  of  the  St.  Jean  Baptiste  Society,  and  of 
the  French  Republican  Club,  first  vice-president  of  the  French  Natu- 
ralization  Club,  past  president  of  the  League  of  Patriots,  past  sachem 
of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Turners,  Improved  Order  of  Heptasophs,  De  Soto  Lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Massasoit  Court  of  Foresters,  and  of  other  organizations.  He 
is  married,  and  lives  on  Howard  Street. 

hexry  Mcdonald,  city  marshal. 

Marshal  Henry  McDonald,  to  whom  is  due  credit  for  the  numerous 
innovations  that  have  been  brought  about  during  the  past  few  years, 
and  which  are  greatly  responsible  for  the  pronounced  improved  condi- 
tions that  prevail  in  the  workings  of  the  department  to-day,  is  a  native 
of  New  York  City,  where  he  was  born  May  19,  1852. 

He  has  had  an  adventurous  career  on  land  and  sea,  in  the  service 
of  his. country,  early  enlisting  in  the  navy,  afterwards  in  the  regular 
army,  and  later  in  the  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  going  to  Cuba 
with  his  regiment,  the  Second,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war,  when  the  volunteer  militia  became  a  part  of  the  regu- 
lar infantry.  He  was  captain  of  the  gallant  Company  B,  but  was 
unfortunate  enough  to  meet  with  an  accident  by  falling  down  a 
ravine,  a  distance  of  about  50  feet,  which  resulted  in  a  serious  spinal 
injury,  which  laid  him  up,  and  eventually  necessitated  his  being 
brought  back  to  this  country,  where  weary  weeks  of  suffering  in 
Bellevue,  New  York,  hospital  were  passed,  before  he  was  permitted  to 
be  removed  to  his  home  in  this  city,  the  effects  of  that  injury  never 
having  entirely  left  him.  This  accident,  by  the  way,  occurred  on 
July  6,  after  the  fighting  in  which  the  Second  Regiment  was  con- 
cerned was  all  over. 

Marshal  McDonald  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New 
York  city,  and  after  leaving  the  regular  army  came  to  this  city,  May 
17,  1875,  being  employed  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  mechanic  at 
Smith  &  Wesson's,  the  Armory  and  the  Bullard  Arms  Company  shop. 
He  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  by  the  late  Simon  Brooks,  and 
reappointed  by  his  successor,  serving  also  capably  as  court  crier.     He 


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was  appointed  city  marshal  in  1897  by  Mayor  Henry  S.  Dickinson 
during  the  latter's  first  term  as  mayor,  reappointed  during  his  second 
term,  and  continued  in  the  same  office  under  Mayor  Dickinson's 
successors,  Dwight  0.  Gilmore  and  William  P.  Hayes,  respectively. 

It  is  conceded  that  the  newspaper  men  are  in  position  to  judge 
pretty  accurately  of  the  value  of  a  public  official,  and  in  this  con- 
nection it  may  be  proper  to  state  that  a  petition  signed  by  nearly 
every  newspaper  man  in  this  city  was  presented  to  the  present  mayor, 
Mr.  Hayes,  asking  for  Marshal  McDonald's  retention,  in  the  best 
interests  of  the  police  department. 

Marshal  McDonald  has  made  the  good  of  the  department  his  one 
great  big  pet  hobby,  and  is  ever  on  the  alert  devising  means  to 
increase  its  efficiency,  in'  order  to  bring  it  up  to  as  perfect  a  state  as 
existing  rules  and  conditions  will  permit.  He  displays  a  ceaseless 
interest  in  and  vigilance  over  the  personal  work  of  each  member  of 
the  force,  scans  the  daily  reports  with  scrupulous  care,  and  demands 
that  every  member  shall  perform  his  duty  to  the  very  best  of  his 
ability  at  all  times  ami  in  all  places. 

Carelessness,  or  even  slight  infractions  of  the  rules,  where  it  is 
possible  to  discover  them,  are  not  tolerated  for  a  moment,  and  the 
men,  realizing  fully  that  derelict  methods  mean  a  brisk,  sharp,  but 
kindly  directed  reprimand,  which  in  flagrant  cases  is  followed  by  more 
summary  measures,  are  slow  to  offend  or  transgress. 

Few  Springfield  men  were  better  known  than  Eenry  McDonald 
even  before  his  appointmenl  as  city  marshal,  and  when  Mayor  Dick- 
insoi]  named  him  for  the  position  which  he  now  s<»  splendidly  fills,  all 
"who  were  anxious  to  see  the  police  depart  incut  put  upon  a  solid  basis 
exclaimed.  "The  very  man  to  do  it!*"  His  long  service  in  the  crack 
militia  organization,  the  old  •■City  Guard,"  now  referred  to  alto- 
gether as  Company  15.  had  taught  him  the  full  value  of  discipline  in 
any  body  of  men  and  his  first  desire  was  to  make  the  Springfield 
police  department  a  leader  of  its  class  as  he  had  made  his  old  militia 
company  a  tOp  uotcher.  The  reputation  of  Company  B  was  never 
under  question.  In  it  were  developed  marksmen  of  great  ability 
while  its  condition  in  other  quarters  and  its  appearance  at  all  times 
commanded  the  admiration  of  inspecting  officers  and  others  higher 
up  the  line,  as  well  as  of  the  public.  When  the  call  to  arms  came  the 
marshal  left  his  position  at  the  head  of  the  police  department  to 
assume  command  of  his  fine  company  of  volunteers  and  take  the 
transjwrt  for  Cuba.      His  attitude  during  the  campaign,  until  injury 


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befell  him,  his  stand  in  the  interests  of  those  under  him,  and  his  dig- 
nified bearing  through  it  all,  are  matters  still  so  fresh  in  memory  that, 
it  is  unnecessary  to  recall  them  here.  The  public  is  familiar  with  the 
"circumstances. 

When  finally  he  had  recovered  from  his  injuries  sufficiently  to  go 
about,  he  resumed  his  police  duties  and  took  Up  the  thread  where  he 
had  laid  it  down  before  going  to  Cuba.  Last  year  Marshal  McDonald 
retired  from  the  militia  after  his  long  and  continuous  service,  with 
the  rank  of  major. 

Marshal  McDonald  was  married  in  this  city,  August  27,  1894,  to 
Miss  Katherine  D.  Burke,  and  has  a  pleasant  home  and  family  at  4(3 
Park  Avenue.  He  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Regular  Army  and 
Navy  Union,  and  belongs  to  the  Cathedral  parish. 

What  he  has  accomplished  in  elevating  the  condition  of  the  Spring- 
field police  department  will  be  found  detailed  under  the  chapter  enti- 
tled "Under  Marshal  McDonald,"  which  precedes  these  sketches. 

CHARLES  M.  WRIGHT,  ASSISTANT  MARSHAL. 

Charles  M.  Wright,  the  long  time  and  popular  assistant  city  mar- 
shal, is  a  native  of  Plymouth,  in  this  state,  where  he  was  born  Decern- 
ber  29,  1844.  He  attended  the  schools  of  Plymouth  in  his  youth, 
afterward  remaining  on  his  father's  farm  till  his  nineteenth  year  when 
he  enlisted,  December  16,  1864,  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Unattached 
Company  and  was  sent  into  camp  at  Readville,  Mass.,  where  he  was 
held  till  the  war  was  over,  being  qualified  and  desirous  to  go  to  the 
front  but  not  called  for. 

He  received  his  discharge  May  12,  1865,  and  returned  to  his  home 
in  Plymouth,  where  he  remained  till  the  following  March,  1866,  when 
he  came  to  Springfield  and  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the  Agawam 
(now  Springfield)  foundry,  conducted  at  that  time  by  Josiah  Wright 
and  Warren  Emerson. 

He  remained  in  their  employ  three  years  and  in  1869  went  in  the 
city's  service  as  a  patrolman,  being  appointed  by  Mayor  Winchester- 
He  continued  on  the  police  force  two  years  and  then  returned  to  the 
iron  foundry,  where  he  remained  five  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
period  he  was  again  appointed  patrolman.  After  holding  the  position 
seven  years  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain,  which  higher 
office  he  occupied  with  signal  ability  till  1883  when  he  was  chosen 


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assistant  marshal,  and  this  important  post  he  has  continued  to  hold  to 
the  present  time,  serving  under  many  different  marshals. 

Mr.  Wright  was  married  January  5.  1870,  to  Miss  Martha  Ripley 
of  Kingston,  Mass.,  and  three  children  were  horn  to  them.  He  has 
been  treasurer  of  the  Police  Relief  Association  since  its  organization, 
is  treasurer  of  the  Second  Universalis!  Society  and  a  member  of  E. 
K.  Wilcox  Post  <;.  A.  P.,  and  also  of  Hope  Colony  of  Pilgrim 
Fathers. 

From  Ins  Long  continued  connection  with  the  police  department  of 
Springfield,  Assistant  .Marshal  Wright  lias  been  in  a  position  to  watch 
its  growth  and  progress  from  a  small  and  comparatively  insignificant 
body  to  its  present  state  of  efficiency,  and  he  has  a  fund  of  inter- 
esting information  anent  the  department  at  his  command.  He  is  a 
most  courteous  and  obliging  official  at  all  times  and  is  exceedingly 
popular  with  the  members  of  the  force  and  with  the  public  in 
general. 

EDWARD   II.    BOECKLEN,  CAPTAIN. 

Edward  II.  Boecklen,  captain,  is  a  native  of  Wurttemberg,  Ger- 
many, where  he  was  horn  March  II.  L847.  His  father,  Herman 
Boecklen.  was  a  merchant  and  null  owner  of  Wurttemberg,  where  his 
ancestors  had  Lived  for  many  generations,  being  among  the  stronger 
class  and  Leading  citizens  of  that  vicinity.  The  captain's  mother. 
Ernestine  Cluss,  was  a  sister  of  Adolph  ('hiss,  formerly  a  civil  engi- 
neer in  the  employment  of  the  United  States  government  at  Wash- 
ington.  Both  of  his  parents  remained  in  their  native  country  where' 
they  died  soon  after  their  son  came  to  America.  Captain  Boecklen 
received  a  fine  education  in  the  place  of  his  nativity  and  on  his  grad- 
uation from  the  high  school  was  able  to  read  and  write  the  English  as 
well  as  his  native  Language.  In  October  L865,  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  going  first  to  Washington  where  he  visited  friends  for 
awhile  prior  to  rinding  employment.  He  subsequently  became 
acquainted  with  Chauncey  Seligman,  the  prominent  banker  of  New 
York,  who  found  work  for  him  in  1867  in  the  Germania  woolen  mills 
at  Holvoke,  where  he  stayed  four  years.  He  next  secured  employ- 
ment in  a  woolen  mill  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  going  thence  to  Lisbon 
Falls,  Me.,  where  he  had  charge  of  one  of  the  departments  in  a  mill 
there.  He  subsequently  filled  a  position  in  a  woolen  mill  at  Norwich, 
Conn.,  coming  from  there  to  Springfield,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of   Mr.   Fisher,  a  furniture  dealer,  eventually  becoming  his 


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shipping  clerk.  In  1871,  having  been  successful  in  his  business  and 
feeling  a  keen  longing  for  the  scenes  of  his  childhood,  he  returned  to 
Wurttemberg  to  visit  his  father,  but  came  back  to  Springfield  after  a 
three  months'  stay.  In  February,  IS 74,  he  was  appointed  on  the 
police  force  and  after  doing  duty  as  patrolman  for  ten  consecutive 
years  he  was  promoted  to  his  present  position  as  captain  of  the  watch, 
an  office  which  he  has  since  filled  to  the  utmost  satisfaction  of  all 
concerned.  Socially,  Captain  Boecklen  is  a  member  of  Hampden 
Lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I)e  Soto  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Schuetzen  Verein.  Captain  Boecklen  was  married  on  March  18, 
1868,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Kramer.  His  unfailing  good  nature  and 
pleasant  cheerfnl  manner  win  friends  for  him  in  all  walks  of  life. 

JOHN  J.   O'MALLEY,  LIEUTENANT. 

For  many  years  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Lieutenant  John  J. 
O'Malley,  has  been  connected  with  the  police  department  of  Spring- 
field, and  his  name  at  once  stands  for  all  that  is  fair  and  honorable 
and  conscientious  in  his  dealings  with  his  superiors,  his  subordinates 
and  the  public  in  general,  which  awards  him  respect  and  esteem. 

Lieutenant  O'Malley's  birth  occurred  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  May  2, 
1851,  where  his  boyhood  days  were  spent,  and  where  his  education 
was  obtained  in  the  fine  schools  of  that  city.  Like  many  of  his 
countrymen,  he  early  emigrated  to  this  country,  believing  that  the 
opportunities  were  greater  here  for  a  young  man  anxious  to  make 
his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  unaided  he  has  made  his  way  to  his 
present  position. 

Lieutenant  O'Malley  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  police  depart- 
ment in  1874,  and  has  served  it  most  faithfully.  In  1885,  when  the 
office  of  sergeant  was  created,  he  was  chosen  for  the  position,  and 
again  in  1898  was  promoted,  this  time  to  rank  of  lieutenant,  thus 
being  the  first  member  of  the  department  to  hold  the  rank  of  sergeant 
and  lieutenant  respectively. 

Lieutenant  O'Malley  is  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  conscientious 
members  of  the  police  department,  and  the  citizens  have  the  strongest 
confidence  in  his  ability  and  powers  of  discernment. 

He  was  married  in  this  city  in  1869,  and  lives  at  5  Ashley  Street. 
He  belongs  to  the  Cathedral  parish,  and  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Order  of  American  Workmen. 


94  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

DAVID  J.  MANNING,  SERGEANT. 

Sergeant  David  J.  Manning  has  been  a  faithful  member  of  the 
department  since  1879  and  is  esteemed  and  respected  by  the  citizens 
in  general.  He  is  a  native  of  Chicopee,  where  he  was  born  August  23, 
1850,  and  where  he  continued  to  live  until  he  was  about  ten  years  old, 
when  his  family  removed  to  Holyoke,  where  he  early  started  to  learn 
the  shoe  business  which  he  followed  up  to  his  appointment  to  the 
police  force. 

In  I860  he  came  to  this  city,  remaining  two  years,  when  he  went 
to  Connecticut,  spending  the  following  two  years  between  Meriden  and 
New  Haven,  after  which  he  returned  to  Springfield  which  has  been  his 
home  ever  since.  He  was  appointed  patrolman  January  12,  1879,  by 
Mayor  L.  J.  Powers  and  covered  a  beat  steadily  up  to  March,  1889, 
when  Marshal  Southmayd  designated  him  as  day  house  officer  which 
position  he  retained  up  to  the  time  of  his  promotion  to  be  sergeant  by 
Marshal  McDonald  in  1897.  He  is  a  conscientious  and  painstaking 
officer  and  has  the  happy  faculty  of  making  and  keeping  friends. 

Sergeant  Manning  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers,  the  Cathedral  parish,  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Springfield  Police  Relief  Association. 

GEORGE  H.  NORRIS,  SERGEANT. 

This  competent  officer,  Sergeant  George  H.  Norris,  whose  record 
has  been  one  of  earnest  endeavor  and  a  desire  to  give  the  best  service 
in  his  power,  was  born  in  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.,  November  18,  1850, 
but  when  he  was  an  infant  his  mother  died  and  he  went  to  Nassau, 
N.  Y.,  to  live  with  his  grandparents.  There  he  lived  until  he  was 
seventeen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  Wallingford,  Ct.,  to  work  in 
the  famous  Wallace  German  silver  shops,  staying  there  three  years. 

In  1871  he  came  to  Springfield  and  worked  in  II.  K.  Wight's  flour 
and  feed  store  at  Indian  Orchard  for  the  following  three  years.  He 
was  appointed  a  special  officer,  doing  regular  duty,  by  Mayor  Stebbins, 
and  appointed  a  regular  night  and  day  patrolman  in  1875,  by  Mayor 
Wight.  Mr.  Norris  remained  on  patrol  duty  until  appointed  sergeant 
by  Marshal  McDonald,  in  1897. 

It  is  to  his  credit  that  he  has  never  absented  himself  from  duty, 
either  on  the  occasion  of  a  special  celebration  of  any  kind  or  on  a  holi- 
day, while  he  has  a  remarkably  low  record  for  absence  on  account  of 


Patrolmen. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS.  97 

illness.  Sergeant  Norris  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Police  Relief 
Association,,  of  which  he  was  the  first  vice-president  and  the  second 
president.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum. 


HENRY  M.   PERKINS,  SERGEANT. 

Sergeant  Henry  M.  Perkins,  who  has  been  an  efficient  and  thor- 
oughly reliable  member  of  the  department,  was  born  in  South  Hadley 
in  the  neighboring  county  of  Hampshire,  November  29,  1851,  in  the 
vicinity  of  which  place  his  youth  was  spent. 

He  received  his  education  at  Easthampton,  and  early  struck  out 
for  himself,  going  to  work  in  an  hotel  in  Northampton  when  only 
eleven  years  of  age.  He  came  to  this  city  when  a  young  man  and  was 
employed  by  the  Street  Railway  Company  for  some  time,  occupying 
the  position  of  assistant  superintendent  during  the  years  1882  and 
1883.  He  was  appointed  on  the  police  force  in  the  latter  year  and 
served  continuously  as  a  patrolman  until  his  promotion  to  the  rank  of 
sergeant  in  1897,  a  position  he  has  since  creditably  filled. 

Sergeant  Perkins  has  been  married  twice  and  makes  his  home  at 
514  Worthington  Street.  He  is  affiliated  with  De  Soto  Lodge,  I.  0. 
of  0.  F.,  No.  155,  and  Roswell  Lee  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  The 
sergeant  is  one  of  the  most  courteous  and  capable  members  of  the 
department. 

JOHN  H.  BOYLE,  INSPECTOR. 

Inspector  John  H.  Boyle  came  to  this  city  on  the  threshold  of 
his  manhood  and  has  worked  his  way  up  to  his  present  position  by 
the  qualities  of  earnestness,  perseverance  and  industry.  His  birth 
occurred  in  1862  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  where  he  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  where  he  lived  until  he  was  19  years  of  age, 
when  he  came  to  this  city.  He  was  employed  first  by  the  Springfield 
Street  Railway  Company  with  whom  he  remained  about  four  years, 
when  he  resigned  to  accept  a  position  as  hack  driver  with  Lewis  & 
Lombard.  In  less  than  a  year  he  had  worked  himself  up  to  the  posi- 
tion of  foreman  with  complete  charge  of  the  stables.  He  remained  in 
that  capacity  until  June  6,  1887,  when  he  was  appointed  patrolman  by 
Mayor  Maynard.  He  continued  to  do  patrol  duty  until  six  years  ago 
next  October  when  Marshal  John  L.  Rice  appointed  him  inspector. 
He  has  on  numerous  occasions  distinguished  himself  in  this  capacity. 


98  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

Inspector  Boyle  is  affiliated  with  Home  City  Council,  Knights  of 
Columbus,  Ousamequin  Tribe  of  Red  Men  and  tbe  Cathedral  Father 
Mathew  Society  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Police  Relief  Associa- 
tion. He  has  been  instrumental  in  putting  away  many  notorious 
offenders.  One  of  the  leading  cases  with  which  he  has  had  to  do  was 
the  conviction  of  St.  John,  St.  Germain  and  Bernatchez,  the  former 
as  principal  and  the  other  two  as  accessories  in  the  death  of  Sophronia 
Beauregard,  a  pretty  young  French  girl,  who  was  found  dead  in  an 
hotel  as  the  result  of  a  bungling  abortion  job,  the  crime  being  at  first 
surrounded  in  mystery.  Inspector  Boyle  worked  up  the  evidence  to 
convict  all  three,  who  are  now  in  state  prison,  and  went  to  Michigan 
to  bring  back  Bernatchez,  the  unfortunate  girl's  lover  and  the  cause 
of  her  condition.  lie  also  secured  the  conviction  of  Mamie  Martin, 
alias  Van  Syke,  a  shoplifter  of  national  reputation,  who  stole  several 
sealskin  sacques  from  the  store  of  I).  II.  Brigham  &  Co.  and  who  was 
arrested  Decern  Iter  :><>,  1895.  She  was  first  sent  to  Boston  where  she 
was  sentenced  to  a  year  in  Sherborn,  after  which  she  was  brought 
back  to  this  city  and  given  three  years  for  her  local  crimes.  The  cap- 
ture of  J.  F.  Watkins,  the  noted  forger,  who  was  arrested  March  6, 
1897,  is  another  of  many  important  cases  to  his  credit. 


WILLIAM  .1.  QUILTY,  INSPECTOR. 

The  subject  of  this  brief  sketch,  Inspector  William  J.  Quilty, 
is  a  native  of  this  city,  his  birth  occurring  August  0,  1855.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  where  his 
whole  life  has  been  spent.  Upon  leaving  school  he  went  to  work 
as  a  grocery  clerk,  which  business  he  followed  for  some  time,  later 
in  life  entering  the  employ  of  the  Dickinson  Hard  Rubber  Company. 
He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  police  force  March  9,  1887,  by 
Mayor  Maynard,  John  II.  Clime  then  being  marshal. 

April  1,  1897,  he  was  appointed  assistant  inspector,  but  he  had 
previously  done  duty  for  three  years  in  that  capacity.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  1883,  lives  at  92  Acushnet  Avenue,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Cathedral  parish. 

The  police  records  will  show  that  Inspector  Quilty  has  been  con- 
nected with  some  of  the  most  important  cases  the  department  has  had 
to  do  with  in  recent  years,  and  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  cleverest 
and  shrewdest   detectives  in  these  parts,  being  quick  to  grasp  the 


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99 


details  of  a  situation,  prompt  to  act,  and  invariably  careful  and  con- 
scientious to  a  marked  degree.  He  has  had  unusual  success  in  the 
tracing  out  of  crimes  and  the  ferreting  out  of  criminals,  and  his  suc- 
cess in  bringing  the  latter  to  justice  is  a  matter  which  the  records  in 
the  police  building  bear  out  with  striking  prominence.  Withal  he  is 
modest  and  unassuming  to  a  degree. 


MRS.   MALLORY. 


MRS.  E.  E.  MALLORY,  MATRON. 

Mrs.  Eliza  E.  Mallory  is  the  first  and  only  matron  the  police 
department  has  had,  having  served  continuously  since  the  creation 
of  this  office.  She  was  born  in  Savoy,  Berkshire  County,  Mass. ,  and 
came  to  Springfield  from  Northampton,  twenty-three  years  ago,  fol- 
lowing the  profession  of  nursing  for  a  number  of  years.  She  was 
appointed  matron  by  Mayor  Maynard,  July  8,  1887,  but  did  not 
qualify  till  September  7,  owing  to  her  declination  to  serve  at  the 
salary  offered,  viz. :  $200  a  year,  with  living  quarters  and  light  and 
heat. 


100  DEPAETMENT    OF    POLICE. 

The  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  and  the  Woman's 
Suffrage  Association,  in  both  of  which  Mrs.  Mallory  is  prominent, 
were  anxious  that  she  should  accept  the  office,  however,  and  they 
guaranteed  her  $300  a  year  in  addition  to  her  salary.  This  arrange- 
ment continued  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  Mrs.  Mallory  then  refused 
to  accept  the  generosity  of  the  women's  organizations  any  longer. 
The  city  thereupon  raised  her  salary  to  $400,  and  during  Mayor  Ken- 
drick's  administration  it  was  raised  to  its  present  figure,  $500  a  year. 

The  duties  of  the  matron  oblige  her  to  be  on  hand  day  and  night, 
if  needed,  and  she  lives  in  the  station,  two  rooms  being  set  apart  for 
her  use.  She  keeps  a  regular  set  of  books,  and  presents  monthly  and 
annual  reports  of  her  work,  which  consists  of  the  complete  care  of  all 
women  and  girl  prisoners  and  lodgers,  the  care  of  their  rooms,  the 
care  of  lost  children,  etc. 


©bituar^ 


City  Marshal  Henry  McDonald  died  Friday  morning, 
May  25,  1900,  at  his  home  on  Park  Avenue,  death  coming  to 
the  beloved  official  and  brave  soldier  without  a  moment's 
warning  as  he  was  preparing  to  dress,  previous  to  taking  up 
his  work  for  the  day.  Fatal  illness  seized  him  as  he  was  at  his 
morning  prayers,  and  he  lived  but  a  comparatively  few  min- 
utes, without  once  recovering  consciousness.  The  blow  was 
a  fearful  one  to  his  family  and  a  shock  to  the  entire  com- 
munity, which  had  recognized  the  faithfulness,  zealousness 
and  sincerity  of  the  man  in  public  office  and  his  worth  as  a 
citizen.  To  the  members  of  the  police  department,  who  had 
seen  him  but  a  comparatively  few  hours  before  in  apparent 
good  health,  his  death  was  a  heavy  shock.  The  press  teemed 
with  tributes  to  his  worth  and  efficiency  from  prominent 
men  in  all  walks  of  life,  and  no  evidence  was  lacking  to  indi- 
cate the  respect  and  esteem  in  which  he  had  been  held  and 
the  loss  the  city  sustained  in  his  death. 

Sunday  afternoon,  May  27th,  with  military  honors,  the 
last  sad  rites  over  the  body  of  the  dead  marshal  were  per- 
formed, no  funeral  ever  held  in  this  city  exceeding  in  impress- 
iveness  and  public  interest  that  of  Marshal  McDonald.  From 
every  quarter,  beautiful  floral  tributes  poured  in,  the  casket 
being  surrounded  with  magnificent  set  pieces  of  handsome 
design  and  great  beauty.  The  funeral  concourse  was  one  of 
the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  city  and  thousands  of  people 
lined  the  sidewalks  from  Park  Avenue  to  St.  Michael's  Cathe- 
dral to  view  it.     The  entire  police  department,  wearing  crepe 


upon  their  sleeves ;  the  militia  companies  of  the  Second  regi- 
ment, in  which  the  deceased  was  so  long  prominent;  the 
Spanish  war  veterans;  Company  H  of  the  naval  brigade,  and 
the  city  council  and  other  city  officials  attended  in  a  body, 
adding  impressiveness  to  the  procession.  At  St.  Michael's 
Cathedral,  an  exceedingly  touching  eulogy  was  delivered  by 
the  rector,  Rev.  E.  S.  Fitzgerald,  who  referred  in  the  highest 
terms  to  the  life  of  Marshal  McDonald.  Over  his  grave  in 
St.  Michael's  cemetery  a  firing  squad  from  Company  B,  the 
militia  organization  with  which  Marshal  McDonald  was  so 
long  connected,  fired  three  volleys,  "taps"  being  sounded 
by  the  bugler,  when  all  was  over. 

Thus  was  laid  at  rest  a  most  efficient  official,  a  brave  sol- 
dier and  a  worthy  citizen.  The  sketch  of  his  career,  in  the 
police  history,  which  was  ready  for  distribution  on  the  eve 
of  Marshal  McDonald's  death,  is  a  brief  one,  but  brief  as  it 
is,  it   is  more  detailed  than  the  Marshal  would  have  had"  it. 

ACTING    MARSHAL  WRIGHT. 

Upon  the  death  of  Marshal  McDonald,  Mayor  Hayes 
immediately  notified  Assistant  Marshal  Wright  to  serve  as 
acting  marshal,  pending  the  appointment  of  the  marshal's 
successor. 


CHAPTER  IX. 
WHO  THE  MEN  ARE. 

NAMES  OF  THE  PATROLMEN,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE  DATES  AND  PLACES 
OF  THEIR  BIRTH  AND  THE  DATES  OF  THEIR  APPOINTMENT  AS 
MEMBERS    OF   THE    POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 

APPENDED  will  be  found  brief  sketches  of  the  men  who  watch 
over  our  property  and  lives  day  and  night. 

Fred  Hadd,  born  in  Canada,  March  20,  1847;    appointed  patrol- 
man January  15,  1872. 

Patrick  McCallin,  born  in  Ireland,  January  18,  1849;  appointed 
patrolman  January  20,  1879. 

George   Alderman,    born   in    Chester,    Mass.,    March    29,    1835 
appointed  patrolman  January  17,  1876. 

James    Russell,  born    in    Rocky    Hill,    Conn.,    April    20,    1841 
appointed  patrolman  January  23,  1882. 

Michael    R.    Donovan,    born   in    Ireland,    February    27,     1838 
appointed  patrolman  May  15,  1882. 

John  McCormick,  born  in  Springfield,   Mass.,  March  25,   1850 
appointed  patrolman  September  4,  1882. 

Charles  A.  Haynes,  born  in  Warehouse  Point,   Conn.,  March  20, 
1848;  appointed  patrolman  March  5,  1883. 

John  Hall,  born  in  Ireland,  March  24,  1850;  appointed  patrolman 
November  12,  1883. 

George  L.  DeForest,  born  in  New  Canaan,  Ct.,  September   17, 
1854;  appointed  patrolman  March  3,  1884. 

Paul   O'Brien,  born   in    Bouquet,  N.   Y.,    December   23,  1850 
appointed  patrolman  May  23,  1884. 

Ernest    Rosenberg,    born    in    Germany,    December     20,     1844 
appointed  patrolman  May  4,  1885. 

John    H.    Dunleavy,  born  in  Springfield,   Mass.,  May    17,  1850 
appointed  patrolman,  May  18,  1885. 


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DEPAKTMENT    OF    POLICE. 


Thomas  Ranney,  born  in  Waterbury,  Conn.,  April  15,  1848; 
appointed  patrolman  Jnne  7,  1885. 

W.  H.  Sibley,  born  in  Warren,  Mass.,  July  7,  1852 ;  appointed 
patrolman  February  15,  1886. 

Dexter  A.  Atkins,  born  in  Buckland,  Mass.,  September  27,  1847  : 
appointed  patrolman  February  15,  1886. 

James  W.  Murtagb,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  July  15,  1861; 
appointed  patrolman  October  25,  1886. 


Police  Force  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Gymnasium. 


E.  Frank  Goodwin,  born  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  October  5,  1847; 
appointed  patrolman  October  25,  1886. 

Solon  E.  Frissell,  born  in  Peru,  Mass.,  May  25,  1847;  appointed 
patrolman  June  20,  1887. 

John  St.  Ledger,  born  in  Ireland,  January  1,  1860;  appointed 
patrolman  July  12,  1888. 

Charles  A.  Wade,  born  in  Gloucester,  R.  I.,  January  4,  1860; 
appointed  patrolman  April  8,  1889. 


SPRINGFIELD,   MASS. 


103 


Calvin  W.  Jennings,  born  in  Brookfiekl,  Mass.,  September  2, 
1841 ;  appointed  patrolman  February  24,  1890. 

David  H.  Xewcomb,  born  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  July  5,  1845;  appointed 
patrolman  June  15,  1891. 

Micbael  C.  Quinlivan,  born  in  Ireland,  May  30,  1862;  appointed 
patrolman  September  4,  1891. 

James  C.  Burke,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  June  20,  1867; 
appointed  patrolman  June  7,  1892. 


One  of  the  Police  Patrol  Wagons. 


Ward  E.  Maranville,  born  in  Dorset,  X.  Y.,  July  18,  1858; 
appointed  patrolman  May  23,  1892. 

Cbarles  H.  O'Connell,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  January  '23, 
1867;  appointed  patrolman  May  23,  1892. 

Jobn  J.  McCarthy,  born  in  Potsdam,  X.  Y.,  August  1,  1866; 
appointed  patrolman  August  5,  1892. 

Micbael  B.  Heffernan,  born  in  Ireland,  November  3,  1847; 
appointed  patrolman  December  11,  1893. 


104  DEPARTMENT    OF    POLICE. 

Edgar  A.  Kirk,  born  in  Warren,  Me.,  June  22,  1844;  appointed 
patrolman  January  22,  1804. 

Frederick  L.  Thayer,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  March  18,  1863; 
appointed  patrolman  September  4,  1894. 

Albert  H.  Shaw,  born  in  England,  June  25,  1858;  appointed 
patrolman  March  11,  1895. 


Police  Ambulance. 

James  J.  Donovan,  born  in  Ireland,  February  23,  1865;  appointed 
patrolman  June  30  1896. 

Edgar  A.  Littlefield,  born  in  Wells,  Maine,  January  19,  1868; 
appointed  patrolman  June  30,  1896. 

Patrick  H.  McDonald,  born  in  Ludlow,  Mass.,  January  27,  1859; 
appointed  patrolman  June  30,  1896. 

Edward  P.  Tilton,  born  in  Goshen,  Mass.,  September  11,  1862; 
appointed  patrolman  June  30,  1896. 


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John  L.  Harrington,  born  in  East  Dorset,  Vermont,  January  1, 
1800;  appointed  patrolman  Xovember  10,  1800. 

James  M.  Daly,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Xovember  21,  1801; 
appointed  patrolman  Xovember  23,  1896. 

John  A.  Swift,  born  in  Ireland,  April  1,  1805;  appointed  patrol- 
man February  15,  1897. 

J.  H.  Rogers,  born  in  Great  Barrington,  February  2,  1811; 
appointed  patrolman  1897. 

Michael  J.  O'Brien,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  April  18,  1809; 
appointed  patrolman  February  15,  1897. 

Michael  F.  Egan,  born  in  Ireland,  May  10,  185'.);  appointed 
patrolman  March  22,   1897. 

Patrick  O'Keefe,  born  in  Ireland,  March  10,  1803;  appointed 
patrolman  March  22,   1897. 

George  H.  Tiffany,  born  in  Holyoke,  Mass.,  June  15,  1801; 
appointed  patrolman  February  28,   1898. 

Martin  P.  Costello,  born  in  Ellington,  Conn.,  Xovember  7,  1870; 
appointed  patrolman  March  28,  1898. 

Andrew  J.  Melaney,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  March  23,  1872; 
appointed  patrolman  March  20,  1899. 

Albert  F.  Ward,  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  December  7,  1873; 
appointed  patrolman  March  20,   1899. 

Simon  J.  Connery,  born  in  Whately,  Mass.,  June  18,  1802; 
appointed  patrolman  September  28,   1899. 


Luring  &  Axtell  did  the  printing  of  this  history  of  the  Springfield 
police  department  and  the  photographs  from  which  the  cuts  were 
made  were  taken  by  Goldsmith  &  Taft.  John  B.  Callaghan  is  the 
compiler. 


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Assets  $10,415,817.64      $23,819,937.17      $13,404,119.53        128.69 

Amount  Insured  $56,320,503.00     $123,980,438.00      $67,659,935.00         120.13 

Surplus  $857,342.01        $1,984,822.63        $1,127,480.62        131.51 

Since  its  organization  The  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  has  paid  to 
its  policy  holders  in  Death  Claims,  $18,864,371.12,  Endowments  Matured,  $3,144,732.00, 
Dividends,  $8,879,224,61. 

Assets,  Dec.  30,  1899,  $23,819,937.17  Liabilities,  $21,835,114.54 

Surplus,  $1,984,822.63 

JAMES  L.  JOHNSON,  General  Agent, 

Masonic  Building,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Springfield   Fire  and  Marine 
Insurance  Company. 

This  Home  Institution  is  the  Largest  Fire  Insurance  Company 
Chartered  by  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 

Annual  Statement,  January  1,  1900. 

ASSETS, $4,906,939.06 

CASH  CAPITAL 1,500,000.00 

LIABILITIES  EXCEPT  CAPITAL,         .  1,721,846.72 

SURPLUS  TO  POLICY  HOLDERS,  3,185,093.34 

A.   W.  DAMON,  President.  CHAS.  F.  GALACAR,  Vice-President. 

SANFORD  J.  HALL,  Secretary. 

W.J.  MACK  AY,  Ass't  Secretary.        F.  H.  WILLIAMS,  Treasurer. 


Local  Agents. 

FRED  C.  WRIGHT  &  CO.,   14  Fort  Street. 
HOMER  G.  GILMORE,  425  Main  Street. 


ii.  ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Springfield 
Five  Cent  Savings  Bank. 

CORNER  MAIN  AND  COURT  STREET. 

...Quarter  Days... 

January  15.  April  15.  July  15.  October  15. 


DANIEL  J.    MARSH, 

TREASURER. 


Investment  Securities. 


¥¥¥ 


GEO.  E.  ARMSTRONG  &  CO. 


MEMBERS  OF 

NEW  YORK  AND  BOSTON 

STOCK  EXCHANGES. 


231  Main  St.,  Springfield,  Mass.  John  b.  smith,  Manager. 

TELEPHONES    178  and   145. 

THE 

Chapin  National  Ban^ 

241    MAIN  ST.,  cor.  LYMAN  STREET, 
SPRINGFIELD,   MASS. 

Organized  as  State  Bank,        1872    ^F^/SSj    Capital  Stock,      -      -      $500,000 
Organized  as  National  Bank,  1879    V^^Mk^V    Deposits,       -      -      -     1,200,000 

WM.  F.  CALLENDER,   President. 
GEORGE  R.  YERRALL,  Cashier. 


DIRECTORS:  James  A.  Rumrill,  Henry  K.  Baker,  Edward  S. 
Bradford,  William  Whiting,  W.  F.  Callender,  Charles  C. 
Jenks,  Chester  W.  Bliss,  Theodore  F.  Breck,  and  George 
R.  Yerrall. 

Collections  made  on  Springfield  and  vicinity  at  lowest  terms,  and  prompt  remittance. 
Drafts  on  London.     Business  solicited. 

We  are  situated  near  the  depot,  and  strangers  will  find  us  conveniently  located. 
We  receive  our  DEPOSITORS'  boxes  for  safe  keeping  without  charge. 


ADVKUTISKMKNTS. 


Springfield  National  Bank. 

CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $200,000 
SURPLUS  AND  PROFITS,  240,000 
DEPOSITS,       -        -        -       2,500,000 

Henry  H.  Bowman,  President.      George  B.  Holbrook,  Vice-President. 
Ralph  P.  Alden,  Cashier. 

Receives  accounts  of  banks,  corporations,  firms  and  individuals  on  favorable  terms,  and  will 

be  pleased  to  meet  and  correspond  with  those  who  contemplate  making 

changes  or  opening  new  accounts. 


SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES,  $5  to  $12  PER  YEAR. 

Drafts  drawn  and  Letters  of  Credit  issued. 
Available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

DIRECTORS. 

C.  A.  Crocker,  Robert  W.   Day,  Michael  Dunn,  Ralph  W.  Ellis, 

George  1>.   Holbrook,  W.   D.   Kinsman,  Franklin  Pierce, 

George  W.  Tapley,  F.  G.  Tobey,         H.   H.  Bowman, 

Ralph  P.   Alden. 


President.   H.  S.  HYDE.  Cashier,  W.   M.  WILLARD 

Hcjawam  Iftational  Bank, 

Sprinafielfc,  flDass. 


CAPITAL,  -  -  $500,000. 

Special  Deposit  Boxes  to  Rent,  $5  per  Annum, 


Directors. 


H.   S.   HYDE,       CHAS.   A.   NICHOLS,         L.  J.   POWERS,       W.   W.   M<  CLENCH, 

MASE  S.   SOUTHWORTH,  GEO.   NYE,  Jr.. 

HENRY  M.   BREWSTER. 


a  i>  v  i:  i  ;tis  i:\iknts. 


THE  SPRINGFIELD 


Institution  for  Savings. 

ESTABLISHED  1827. 

Banking  Room,  cor.  Main  and  State  Streets, 
Springfield,  Mass. 

OFFICERS  FOR  1900. 

HENRY  S.   LEE,  President.  JULIUS   II.   APPLETON,   Vice-President. 

JOSEPH  C.   BOOTH,   Treasurer.  W.   N.   CALDWELL,   Clerk. 


TRUSTEES. 

J.    II.  Appleton,  W.    II.   Haile,  M.    I'.    Knowlton,  Emor^    Meekins, 

Edward  P.  Chapin,  Arthur   B.  West,        John  A.   Ham, 

Homer  L.   Bosworth,         Henrv  S.  Lee. 


AUDITORS. 
J.   I).  Safford,  W.    \.  Caldwell,  W.  C.   Marsh. 

Interest   on    Deposits   Commences   the    first   day   of 
January,  April,  July  and  October. 

Hampden  Loan  and  Trust 
Company, 

415  MAIN  STREET,  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

WILLIAM   H.   HAILE,   President. 

Edmi  nd  P.   Kendrick,  William  F.  Whiting, 

Vice-  Presidents. 

William  C.   McIntyre,   Treasurer.  Sayward  Galbraith,  Assistant  Treasurer. 


DIRECTORS. 

Wn  1 1 am  H.  Haile,     Henrv  M.  Phillips,     Peter  Murray,     Edmund  P.  Kendrick, 

William  E.  Wright,  Henry  C.  Haile,  William  F.  Whiting, 

Edward  N.  Gibbs,,     William  B.  Plinkett,     William  G.  McIntyre. 

TRANSACTS  a  General  Banking  Business.  Allows  interest  on  Deposits 
subject  to  check.  Foreign  Exchange  and  Letters  of  Credit.  Collects 
Dividends  and  Interest.  Manages  Property  as  Agent  for  the  Owner. 
Acts  as  Trustee,  Transfer  Agent,  and  Registrar  for  Corporations.  May 
be  appointed  Executor,  Administrator,  Cuardian,  Receiver,  Assignee,  or 
Trustee,  and  accepts  trusts  created  by  will  or  otherwise.  Is  a  legal  Depos- 
itory for  Executors,  Administrators,  Trustees,  Court  Funds,  and  Savings 
Banks. 

Storage  Vaults  and  Safe  Deposit  Boxes  from  $2.00  a  Year  Upwards. 


A.DYEBTISEMEXTS. 


UNITED 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT 

COMPANY 


E.  MORGAN, 
President. 

WM.  A.  LINCOLN, 
Treasurer. 

HENRY  S.  ANDERSON. 
Manager. 


Arc  Light 
Incandescent  Light 
Electric  Power 

orncc :  power  station  : 

135  STATE  STREET.  EOOT  OE  STATE  STREET. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

EDWARD   P.   CHAPIN,    President.  GEO.    R.   BOND,  Cashier. 

Ifrxmcbon 
IRattonal  Bank, 

Springfielfc,  fIDass. 

CAPITAL   STOCK,   $200,000.  SURPLUS,    $100,000. 


Chartered  1853- 
Re-organized  1865. 

Transacts  a  regular  banking  business.     Accounts  solicited. 
Drafts  issued  on  England,  Ireland,  etc. 

^Directors. 

John  S.  Sanderson,  H.  c.   Rowley,        Edward  P.  Chapin,       James  T.  Abbe, 

Wm,  O.   Day,  Chas.  C.   Lewis. 


adykktis  kmi;  nts. 


Smith  &  Wesson 

Military  and  Police  Revolver 


♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

MODEL   1899. 


12. 

13- 
14. 


POINTS  OF 
SUPERIORITY. 

Stop  is  positive  in  its  action,  and  holds 
the  cylinder  in  perfect  alignment 
with  the  barrel,  regardless  of  any  other  part  of  mechanism. 

Cylinder  notches  are  reinforced  with  hardened  steel  pieces,  to 
prevent  notches  from  becoming  worn  by  the  impact  of  the 
cylinder  stop  against  the  sides  of  the  notches. 

All  of  the  small  springs  are  spiral,  thereby  preventing  the  danger  of  breaking — a  defect 
common  to  all  small  flat  springs. 

Lock  studs  are  screwed  into  the  frame,  have  collars  raised  above  its  surface,  and,  in 
conjunction  with  steel  pieces  set  into  the  side  plate,  hold  all  working  parts  central  and 
prevent  friction. 

Locking  pin  works  in  hardened  collar  set  into  frame. 

Hardened  collar  set  into  extractor  and  raised  above  the  ratchet  teeth.  This  collar 
impinges  upon  the  collar  in  frame,  prevents  the  ratchet  teeth  from  coming  in  contact 
with  the  frame,  and  forms  a  hardened  surface  which  saves  the  cylinder  from  longitu- 
dinal wear  and  loosening. 

Strong  solid  extractor  rod,  and  boss  on  barrel  to  fill  space  between  barrel  and  rod  when 
pistol  is  closed,  to  prevent  bending  of  rod. 

Hammer  nose  so  shaped  that  the  blow  will  be  in  direct  line  with  the  cartridge,  thus  pre- 
venting the  copper  from  being  driven  towards  the  bottom  of  primer,  as  by  the  usual 
raking  blow  of  the  solid  hammer  nose. 

Barrel  screwed  into  place,  brought  to  perfect  alignment  by  multiplying  gauges,  and 
pinned  into  position.  This  is  a  radical  improvement  over  the  method  of  screwing  the 
barrel  against  shoulders  tight  enough  to  draw  the  stock  of  barrel. 

Cylinder  so  chambered  that  the  ball  on  leaving  shell  fills  the  front  end  of  cylinder  and 
prevents  excessive  loss  of  gas. 

Stud  and  spring  fitted  in  the  yoke  and  working  into  a  small  detent  in  the  joint,  to  pre- 
vent the  cylinder  from  swinging  loosely  when  the  arm  is  opened. 

Ease  with  which  the  arm  can  be  operated  with  one  hand. 

Convenience  in  assembling  and  disassembling. 

The  head  of  extractor  and  extractor  stem  are  made  in  one  piece.      It  is  therefore  impos- 
sible for  the  extractor  head  to  turn  on  stem. 


SMITH  &  WESSON,         Springfield,  mass. 


A.DVEKTISEMEXTS. 


BAUSH  &  HARRIS 


Radial  Drills, 
Multiple  Spindle  Drills, 
Boring  and  Milling  Machines, 
Vertical  Boring  and  Turning 

Mills, 

Power  Drop  Hammers  and 
Shapers. 


/Iftacbme 
XLool  Co. 


FOUNDRY  WORK 
OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


W.  A.  HARRIS,  Pres.  W.  H.  BAUSH,  Treas.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 

GEO.  H.  BAUSH,  Supt. 


WASON  NANlirACrUPING  CO. 


IRatiwav 
Car  Builbers 


*cfr 


SPRINGFIELD  STEAM  POWER  CO. 


Rooms,  Power  and  Storage. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


Ylll.  ADVERTISEMENTS. 


ESTABLISHED  1848. 


E  Stebbins 
*&        Manufacturing 


Company 


MANUFACTURERS    OF 


PLUMBERS' 

BRASS  GOODS 

BRIGHTWOOD,   MASS. 


COMPLIMENTS   OF 

SPRINGFIELD  STREET  R.   R.  CO., 

SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 


ADVKUTISKMKXTS. 


Cheney  Bigelow 

Wire  Works. 

HANUFACTURERS  OF 

Window  Guards  and  Gratings 
Elevator  Enclosures 
Elevator  Cabs,  etc. 
Door  and  Window  Screens 
Brass,  Copper  and  Iron  Wire 
Cloth 


Established  1842. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


Springfield  Incandescent  Burner* 


PATENTED  JANUARY    19,    1897. 


PATENTED  NOVEMBER   21,    1899 


Latest  and  Host 
Improved. 

Odorless  and 
Noiseless. 

Gives  four  times 

the  light  of  a 
Batswing  Burner. 


Uses  globes  of 

Ordinary    Size 

and  Shape. 

No  Chimney  to 
Clean  or  to  Break. 

Mantles  last 
longer. 


PRICE  WITHOUT  GLOBE,  $1.00  EACH. 

GILBERT  &  BARKER  MFG.  CO. 

193  Lyman  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 


advertisements. 


COMPLIMENTS  OF 


Springfield  Glazed  Paper  Co. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

WM.  H.  SHUART,  President.  ROBERT   W.  COFFEY,  Vice-President. 

JOHN   F.  MARSH,  Treasurer. 

Holyoke  Card  and  Paper  Co. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

CARD  BOARD 

...AND... 

SURFACE  COATED  PAPERS. 

Brightwood,         .  .  .  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

Southworth  Company, 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Bonbs,  linens,  Xebo^s  anb  Mvttino 
«$  ±g  papers  «£  ^ 

MITTINEAQUE,  .  .  .  MASS. 

MITTINEAGUE  PAPER  COMPANY, 

MAKERS  OF  THE 

Celebrated  STRATHMORE  Papers 

Deckle  Edge  Book,  Deckle  Edge  Writing,  Drawing  Board  and 
Charcoal  Paper.     We  make  a  specialty  of  Artists'  Papers  of  all  kinds. 

MITTINEAGUE,  MASS. 

H.  A.  MOSES.  Treasurer.  Cable  Address  :  "Strathmore  " 

C.  S.  H EMINGWAY,  Ass't  Treasurer.  Telephone  :  No.  538. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


XI. 


The  "  Security "  Cash  Recorder 


Manufactured 
...By... 


HOUGH  CASH  RECORDER  CO., 

INDIAN  ORCH/1RD,  MASS.,  U.S.A. 


Indian  Orchard  Company, 


A.  N.  MAYO.  Pics. 

H.  K.  Wight,  Treas, 

W.  c  Godfrey,  Agt. 


Cotton  Warps  and  Yarns 

In  Gray  and  all  Colors,  Single  or  two  or  more  Ply. 


Colored  Cotton 

Machined,  Carded  or  in  Roving-. 


Novelty  Yarns 

In  Cotton,  Mercerized  Cotton,  Silk  and  Worsted, 
in  Various  Patterns,  Colors  and  Twists. 


Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 


Chapman   Valve 


Mfg.  Co., 


Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 


Manufacturers  of 

VALVES  AND  GATES 

For  All  Purposes. 

Also  FIRE  HYDRANTS. 


AGENCIES. 


Boston.  New  York.  Philadelphia.  Chicago.  Clevei  \m>. 

St.  Louis.  San  Francisco. 

London,  Eng.         Paris,  France.         Montreal,  P.  Q.        Johannesburg,  S.  A. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


CHARLES  E.  STICKNEY, 

Fire  Insurance 


AT   LOWEST 


POSSIBLE  RATES. 


425    MAIN    STREET, 

Opposite  Smith  &  Murray's.  SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 

TELEPHONE    203. 

lElectric  1Railwa\> 

30 
SVVltCb  Cf^fl  TAYLOR  ST. 


44 

anb 


Supply  Go. 


SPRINGFIELD, 
MASS. 


A.  N.  MAYO  &  CO- 


DEALERS   IN 


&     Cotton  XlXHaetc 

Enb  paper  Stocft. 

Springfield,  Mass. 


A.  N.  Mayo.         E.  F.  Collins 


PATENT  METALLIC  POLLS 

FOR  FIBROUS  MATERIALS. 


WRITE  FOR  PRICES  AND  PARTICULARS  TO 

The    Metallic    Drawing   Roll    Co., 

INDIAN  ORCHARD,  MASS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Xlll. 


Men's  Hats  and  Furnishing  Goods* 

W.   S.    CLARK   &   CO., 

JAMES  H.  CLARK.  EDWARD  E.  SAWTELL. 

\V7f       f  1  J   D    j      'f  Business  established  1848.       But  we  carry  no 

Wholesale  and   Ketail      «^  old  stock,  always  new  and  fresh. 


W.    8.   CLARK   &   CO., 

JAMES  H.  CLARK.  EDWARD  E.  SAWTELL. 

Main  and  Hampden  Sts.  springfield,  mass. 

Bemis  &  Call  Hardware  and  Tool  Co. 


Wrench 
Manufact- 
urers 


IMPROVED  ADJUSTABLE    S  "  WRENCH. 


Springfield,  Mass.,  U.  S.  A. 


Tbe 
Bullard 
Carpera  Co. 

oo-o-oo-oo 

5pnogfieId,  A\ass. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


MAGAZINE... 


Cameras 


AND   OTHER 


Photographic  Apparatus. 


(JEORGE  A.  RUSSELL,  Pies. 


LOUIS  C.  SCHEUING,  Asst.  Trcas. 


JAMES  A.  BILL,  Ju.,  Treas  . 


National   Papeterie    Co., 


^^Manufacturers  o{-J*<£ 

PADPTPPIPQ       Writing    Papers,    Envelopes,    National    Bond,    Old    English, 
'   «r  C  I   tnltO  Illuminated  Tapers,  Local  Papers. 

Manicure  Sets,  Work  Boxes,  Shaving  Sets,  Smoker  Sets, 
Photograph  Boxes,  Necktie  Boxes. 

DAri/rT    Dnnir'C       Shopping  Bags,  Parisian  Opera  Bags,  Chatelaine  Bags, 
rV-IOrVtl      DUUI\0  Purses,  Ladies'  Belts,  Cuff  and  Collar  Boxes. 


TOILET  CASES 


New  York  Office,  Prescott  Building. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


E.R.  CLARK.  W.  A.  SABIK. 

II"  you  would  be  a 

^SURE  WINNER  J- 

have  your  wheel  repaired  by 

CLARK  &  SABIN, 
BICYCLES, 

Bicycle  Repairing  and  Sundries 

Enameling,  Nickeling,    1  'ulcanizing 
and  Brazing. 


CHAINLESS    WORK    A    SPECIALTY. 
SATISFACTION    GUARANTEED. 


157   Dwight  St., 


Springfield,  Mass. 


COMPLIMENTS    OF 


Natick  Underwear  Co* 


MANUFACTURERS    OF 

POPULAR  PRICED 


Women's  and  Children's  Underwear 

Springfield,  Mass. 


OFFICE  AND  FACTORY 


Springfield  Foundry  Co. 

IT  ton 
Castings 


95  to  119  LIBERTY  ST., 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


National  Needle  Co. 


MANl'KACTl'KERS    OF 


"Stanbarb"  Sewing  flfoacbine  IReebles 


<w> 


FACTORY,  BOYLSTON  AND  EMERY  STREETS, 
SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


A.DYEKTISEMEKTS. 


XV. 


THE  IMPROVED 


In  Addition  to  Our 

Patent  "Chadwick" 

We  are  makers  of 

The  Ordinary  Copying 
Books. 


PATENTED 
OCTOBER  16.  1888.  All  the  different  styles. 


56  Harrison  Ave. 


j//; 


a 


Established  18i>5.  Incorporated  1883. 

THE  R.  H.  SMITH  MFC.  CO. 


RUBBER  TYPE 
FOUNDERS 


And  Manufacturers  of 

METAL    AND    RUBBER 

PRINTING  STAMPS. 
SEAL   PRESSES,   STENCILS, 
CHECK    PROTECTORS,   SIGN 
MARKERS,  ETC... 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


The  E.  S.  Decker 
Lumber  Co., 


OFFICE  AND  YARD, 

Armory  St., 
B.  &  A.  R.  R.  Crossing. 


...DEALERS  IN... 


Lumber,  Lath,  Shingles,  Interior  Finish,  Doors,  Sash 
and  Blinds,  Sewer  Pipe. 


SPRINGFIELD, 


MASS. 


R.  B.  Cirrikr,  President. 


M.  M.  Goodell,  Vice-President. 


Chas.  A.  Ely,  Treasurer. 


Springfielb  Xumber  Company 

Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  all  kinds  of 

T  _f  J     CI*  1  MOULDINGS,  CASINGS, 

Lumber  and  oninslcs*  brackets,  mantels  and 

V        wxxv*    w/iimyvg^  FENCE  PICKETS. 

House,  Store  and  Church  Finish  Made  to  Order. 

Springfield  flDass.. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


E.  O.  CLARK  &  CO. 

Grocers 

SPRINGPIELD,  MA55. 


V.  E.  MOORE,  ™HO- 


ESALE    AND 


RETAIL    DEALER    IN 


3Flour,  (Brain,  tfeeb  anb  (Brass  Seebs. 

Crocker's  Best  is  Our  Leading  Bread  Flour. 
The  Daisy  for  an  all  round  Flour. 
The  Gem  for  Pastry. 

$$$ 

523  Main  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Springfield 
Co-operative   Milk  Association, 


PRODUCERS   AND   DEALERS   IN 


MILK,  CREAM  gjd 
BUTTER 

Cor.   Stockbridge  and   Willow  Sts.,  Springfield,   Mass. 

B.    F-RAMK   STEELE, 


WHOLESALE    COMMISSION    MERCHANT 
AND    JOBBER    IN 


FOREIGN  AND 

DOMESTIC 


Fruits and  Nuts 


Canned   Goods,  Pickles,  "Raisins,    Figs,  etc. 

Berries,    Peaches   and   Southern    Produce   a   Specialty. 


SPHI/NGFIEL/D,  MASS 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


XV11. 


89  DWIGHT  sT 

£p^i afield,  Mas- 


ikess  graving. 


XV111.  ADVEETISEMENTS. 


The  Springfield  News  Company. 

Our  Engraving    Department    must  certainly  be  up  to  date  and  give  satisfaction. 

Our  Steady  Increase  in  business  in  this  department,  assures  us  that  our  work  is 
what  is  wanted. 

We  Engrave  and  Print  in  the  newest  styles,  Wedding  Invitations,  Announcements, 
Tea,  At  Home,  Reception  and  Visiting  Cards. 

Monogram  and  Die  Work.  Our  work  in  this  line  is  certainly  correct,  as  we  keep  in- 
formed from  New  York  as  the  styles  change.  Estimates  furnished  on  orders  of  all 
sizes — special  prices  given  to  schools  and  colleges. 

We  respectfully  solicit  a  trial  order  in  these  lines. 

The  Springfield  News  Company. 

424  MAIN  STREET.  GILMORE  BLOCK. 

THE..,  N()-  40  harpisqn  ave., 

FOREST  PARK 

HEIGHTS  COMPANY  »■— ^ 

Louis  F.  Newman.  _ 

General  Manager.  SPRINGHELD,    MASS. 


/^W/IVTCDQ         Of  the  Choicest  ^      "DTTTTrYCDQ         Of  the  Most 

UWlNllKC)     Residence  Property.      &      DUiLUllKj     Unique  Houses. 

Meekins,  Packard  &  Wheat 

Promoters  of  all  that's  Best  in 

Furniture,  Carpets,  Draperies  and 

House  Furnishing  Goods, 

Dry  Goods,  Ladies'  Coats  and  Suits,  China 

and  Pictures. 


Whatever  the  want — for  home  or  personal  use,  our  stocks  are  always 
complete,  assortments  choice,  styles  exclusive — making  selections  easy, 
and  at  prices  that  all  can  appreciate — in  consequence  of  our  immense 
buying. 


#<#**4<« <«***« 


Meekins,  Packard  &  Wheat 


A  DVEKTISEMENTS. 


XIX. 


11  KEEP  US  IN   MIND" 

JSSSEf  PAINTERS'  SUPPLIES 

THE  F.  L.  HEWES  PAINT  CO., 

...Branch  of... 

Wadsworth,    Howland  &  Co., 


428  MAIN  STREET, 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


*  THE** 

Ball  Bearing  Eclipse 
Wringer 

IS  SURE  TO  PLEASE  YOU. 

It  has  all  the  latest  improvements 
and  the  best  roll  made. 


The  American  Wringer 
Co., 

30  Dwight  St.  L.  G.  Hess,  Mgr. 


J.  H-  Clune, 

..UNDERTAKER.. 


124  Bridge  St., 
Springfield,    Mass, 


P.  C  FITZPATRICK, 

(Electrical  Contractor 
and  3Tobber,.* 


58  -Harrison  Ave. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


XX.  ADV  KRTISEMENTS. 


M.  S.  CONVERSE  CO. 

* —  ANTHRACITE,    BITUMINOUS 


Coal, 


Office,  Gilmore's  Block,  428  Main  Street, 


pockets: 
197  SPRING  STREET. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


Iroquois  Mfg.  Co.,     main 'street. 

AWNINGS,  CANOPIES,  ETC. 

TELEPHONE    CONNECTION. 

P.   H.   REMINGTON.  F.    B.   REMINGTON. 

I.   HARMON.   President.  WM.  H.  KING,  Treasurer. 

The  W.  H.  KING  SONS  CO., 

Successors  to  W.  H.  KING  &  SONS  and  T.  F.  BALLARD. 


All  Kinds  of  Paper,  Twine  and 
Paper  Bags, 

In  Slock  or  Made  to  Order  at  Short   Notice. 


paper 


TELEPHONE  275-3. 

92  WORTHINGTON  ST.,  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

WEST,  STONE  &  CO., 

Wlbolesale   (Brocere 

anfr  Coffee  TRoasters. 

35  and  37   HAMPDEN,  and  42  and  44  FORT  STREETS, 
SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 


Purse  protectors. 


That's  What  We  Are 
When  We  Sell 
You 
ATHLETIC  and  SPORTING  GOODS 

at  prices  lower  than  our  competitors.  We  protect  your  purse  from  invasion 
and  despoliation  by  overcharges  of  others.  To  prove  this  you  should  see 
our  line  of 

Warwick,  Iver  Johnson  and  Cleveland  Bicycles 

And  let  us  name  the  prices  and  terms  on  them. 

SW-%        f\  A    I      I               Massasoit  Block,  244  Main  Street 
.      D.      UMLL,  Agent  for 

WHEELER  &  WILCOX   SEWING   MACHINES. 

Needles  for  all  kinds  of  machines.  Repairing  a  specialty. 


ADVEKTISEM  KXTS.  XXI. 


CORPORATED   1884. 


Standard  Brick  Company,  =5 

BUILDING,  PAVING,  SEWER 
AND  WELL  BRICK. 

YARDS: 

HAMPDEN  BRICK  WORKS.  »    £  OftlCe, 

WELLINGTON  BRICK  WORKS  »^W 

coomes  SSef  co.  ^^  Room  I2> Atho1  Building;. 

Confectioners'  fll>acbtner\>  anb  flfctg-  Co. 

SPECIAL  MACHINERY 

...FOR... 

CANDY  MAKING. 

sMsM 


FRANK    H.    PAGE, 
MANAGER. 


Springfielfc,  flDass./W.S.a. 


J.  B.  CHAPMAN.  T.  J.  RIDER. 

J.  B.  Cb&pm&o  &  Co., 

Brass  Founders,  Coppersrr)itbs  and  A\&cbipists, 

51    to  61   Taylor  5treet, 

Telcpbopc  No.   604.  SPRI/SGFIELD,  A\ASS- 

J(  )S.  M  ERRIAM,  President.  L.  F.  DENIO,  Treasurer. 

^^  Y\  f*\  f-l  frfl^l  f\  Manufacturers  of 

OpilllgllClU     ^    Non-Elastic  Webbing 

"V^/pHhitlCT  '^^  01  Every  Description. 

Company,    *« 


Boot  and  Gaiter  Webbing, 
Bindings,  Tapes,  etc. 
Office,  No.  235  Mill  Street.  Springfield,  Mass. 

COMPLIMENTS  OF 

P.  P.  EMORY  MFG.  CO., 

Brass  Founders  and  Coppersmiths, 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


XXII. 


ADVF.HTISKMEXTS. 


"Leading  Brewers  of 
New  England/' 

Springfield  Breweries  Co. 


Brewers  of  the  Famous 

Gold  Medal  Tivoli, 

Highland 

and  Hampden 

Ales  and  Lagers. 

Highland  Malt  and  Malt  with  Iron. 


»* 


All  that  is  Best  in  Malt  Beverages 


ft 


SPRINGFIELD  BREWERIES  CO., 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS.  XXlll. 


A.  C.  HUNT  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Dealers  in 


Dressed  Beef,  Mutton,  Butter,  Eggs* 


ALSO 

PORK  PACKERS  and 
SAUSAGE  MANUFACTURERS. 


Cold  Storage  Warehouse.         SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. . 

GEORGE  NYE  &  COMPANY, 

Wholesale     Commission     Merchants    and 
Provision  Dealers. 


•^       SWIFT'S     DRESSED  BEEF,   LAMB,     eg. 
^B  —     MUTTON  AND  VEAL.  S^ 


Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Game,  Beans,  Peas,  etc. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

G.  F.  SWIFT,  Pres.  E.  C.  SWIFT, Treas.  F.  A.  REED,   Gen.  Man 

SPRINGFIELD  PROVISION  CO., 


Packers  and  —J> 

Wholesale  Dealers  in 


Provisions 


General  Office  and  Packing  House, 
BRIGHTWOOD,    MASS. 

Branch,  52  Main  St.,  Holyoke,  Mass.  Branch,  40  Ann  St.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

TELEPHONES,  305  and  237  SPRINGFIELD. 


Xxiv.  ADVERTISEMENTS. 


S.  A.  RYAN, 

Xiquor  3)ealet\ 


Mbolesale  anfc 
IRetatl 


Importer  and  Jobber  of   Fine    Brandies,  Wines  and  Gins. 
Direct  Receiver  of  Kentucky  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies. 


WHOLESALE   AGENT  AND 
BOTTLER  OF 


Ibigblanb  Brewing  Company's  now 
famous  Beers: 

BAVARIAN,  PILSENER  AND  EXPORT. 


Bottled  Lager  Delivered  Free 

TO  ALL  PARTS  OF  THE  CITY. 

HALF  BARREL  OF  ALE   FOR  FAMILY  USE. 


179  anfc  183  fIDain  Street,  Sprinofielfc,  fIDass. 

TELEPHONE,   173-3. 

97  and  99  STATE  STREET. 

E.  M.  COATS  &  CO., 


IMPORTERS  AND 
WHOLESALE 


liquor  ^Dealers, 


Successors  to 
WILLIAM  GUNN  &  CO. 


ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 


GARRATT  S.  BARRY,  ^^^. 

Importer  of 

(go®     Wines,  Brandies  and 
(mm     Holland  Gin. 

Dealer  in  Maryland,  Pennsylvania  and  Kentucky 
Rye  and  Bourbon  Whiskies.*?6 £>£•£•&£•£•&£•£•£• 

1 1 3  Bridge  St.  and  6  and  5  Barnes  St.         spraNonci  d,  mess. 

AUDITORIUM 

BUCK  and  KELLER,  Lessees. 

Matinees,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Friday  and  Saturday. 
Matinee  Prices.     «  AN  M     Evening  Prices. 

10  and  25  |      EN™£  B™GE       j      10,  20,  30  and 

cents.  I      TWICE  A  WEEK.      *         50  cents- 

Matinees  at  2.30  P.M.  Evening  at  8.15  P.M. 

^ALWAYS  RELIABLE^ 

Barnett's  Popular  Brands  Cigars, 

B.  B.  PERFECTO      1  f|o  SUPERIOR  5s     C^ 

TEMPLE  IvJL  PERFECTION     ^^ 

Sold  by  leading  dealers. 


M.  H.  BARNETT,  Maker.  ?o;  Main  street. 

Joseph  Whitcomb  &  Co., 

2SS  MAIN  STREET,  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

We  have  a  complete  line  of  all  the  latest  novelties  in 

Pipes  and  Smokers'  Articles. 

Every  pipe  marked  J.  W.  and  Co.  is  warranted  not  to  crack  or  burn. 

We  manufacture  a  fine  assortment  of  popular  CIGARS, 

Winthrop,  U.  S.  A.,  Perfectos,  Nelson,  and  Dunlap,  10c  CIGARS. 
Special  5,  Pennant,  Mt.  Tom  and  Winthrop  Pony,  5c  CIGARS. 


XXVI.  ADVEKTISEMENTS. 


FRANK  L.  WORTHY,  President.  EDWIN  L.  SMITH,  Treasurer. 

£be  Tixaortbv. 

ABSOLUTELY  FIRE  PROOF. 
European  Plan.  william  m.  kimball,  Manager. 

Springfield  flDaes. 


Cooley's  Hotel, 


Near  Union  Station, 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


RESTAURANT  ON  THE  EUROPEAN  PLAN. 

All    Modem   Conveniences,        Elevators,    Electric  Bells     Barber   Shop     Turkish   Baths.    Billiard 
j        I     j-  Rooms,  Sample  Rooms,  News  Room,   Long  Distance    lelephone, 

InClUQing       and   Western    LTnion    Telegraph.        Lighted   by    Electricity,   and 

Heated  by  Steam  Throughout. 

Large    Dining   Rooms   and    Parlors. 

FIRST  CLASS  ACCOMMODATIONS  H£NRY    £      MARSH_    p^ 

XLhc  Menhing.  ""£SiT 

EUROPEAN  PLAN. 

Rooms  $1  and  up.     First-class  Accommodations.      Rooms  with  Bath  $1.50  and  up. 

Telephones  in  each  room.        Electric  Lights,  Steam. 

Passenger  Elevator. 

\5  X^man  Street, 

Hf>        tj  |     .  -r>       f>  OPPOSITE  UNION  DEPOT, 

.  L>.  rlenking  ot  L>o.  springfield,  mass. 


TELEPHONE,  580. 


JOSEPH  SMITH,  Proprietor.  Terms,  $2.00  per  day. 

HOTEL  GILMORE, 

Springfield,  Mass. 

(Tftf<>    1N  C0NNECTI0N  WITH  WINE  ROOM 
WillC  ON  FIRST  FLOOR. 


This  Hotel  is  situated  in  the  Business  Center.      Connected  with  Gilmore  Opera  House  and 
short  distance  from  Court  Square  Theatre. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Massasoit  House 


Springfield,  Mass. 


American  and  European 
Plans. 


VM.  H.  CHAPIN, 
Proprietor. 


The    Most   Complete   System    of 
Fire  Escapes. 

AMERICAN  and  EUROPEAN 
PLANS. 

<& 

Rates  $2.00,  $2.50  per  day. 


Citv  Motel 


Nos.  267  and  269  Main  Street, 
JOHN  DALEY,  Proprietor. 


*********** 

IRates  $1.50  per  fc>a£  up. 


First  Class  Accommodations. 


Newly  Renovated. 


The  Highland 


EUROPEAN  PLAN. 
First  Class  in  Every  Respect. 

Table  d'Hote  Dinner. 

Private  Dining  Rooms.  Hall  for  Banquet  and  Parties. 


The  Old  Fashion  Flemish  Bierstube. 


COR.  HILLMAN  AND  BARNES  STS. 
Next  to  City  Market. 


Sprin£field,  Mass. 


XXV111. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Table  Board  a  Specialty. 


Rates,  $1.25  and  $1.50  per  day. 


U.  S.  HOTEL, 

American  and  European  Plan. 


D.  H.  Sievers  &  Co., 


PROPRIETORS. 


545-547   MAIN  ST., 

SPRINGFIELD,   MASS. 


HOTEL  IMPERIAL, 

JOHN  H.  ASH, 

Proprietor. 

5-7  SHERIDAN   STREET,  CHICOPEE   FALLS,   MASS. 


TELEPHONE  54-3. 


Bmencan  Mouse, 


W.  S.  WELSH,   Proprietor. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


American  and  European  Plans. 


INDIAN  LEAP  HOTEL, 

JOHN  HEYDT,  Proprietor. 


First-class  in  All  Its  Appointments.  Special  Inducements  Offered  to  Parties. 

Dancing  Hall  Connected. 


Springfield  Electric  Cars 
Pass  the  Door. 


179  MAIN  ST., 

INDIAN  ORCHARD,  MASS. 


93  &  95  STATE    STREET,,    Springfield,  Mass. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Ifootel  Brigbtstoe 


EUROPEAN  PLAN. 


•wn  ~  ~f    .w.      --v  Post  Office  Address: 

lamest  Springfielb,  flDass.  box  1392  sprbgHeu,  mm* 


TELEPHONE,  331-4  HOLYOKE. 


C.  T.  SHEAN, 


Manufacturer  of 


^Artistic  Billiard  and  Pool  Tables^ 

Billiard  Supplies  of  every  description. 
Repairing  a  Specialty. 
SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

T>        it         f  T  T  Corner   State    and 

Kockmgham  House      waists* 

Springfield,  Mass. 

First  Class  Livery  Connected.  F.  BOWMAN,  Proprietor. 

XLhc  Iftew  (3ilmore  ^beatre 


P.  r.  SHEA  &  CO.,  Lessees  and  Managers. 

P.  J.  Casey,  Resident  Manager. 


NATIONAL  HOUSE, 

CHARLES  GRISE,  Proprietor. 
Cor.  Oak  and  Centre  Streets.  Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 

FIRST  CLASS  LIVERY  STABLE  ATTACHED. 


XXX. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


Abraham  E.  Snow, 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW, 

5   Elm  Street, 
Tei.  298-4.  Springfield,  Mass. 

John  McKean, 

COUNSELOR  AT  LAW 

5   Elm  Street, 
Springfield,  Mass. 


TITLE  EXAMINATIONS  A  SPECIALTY. 


HENRY  HALL  BOSWORTH, 
CHARLES  W.  BOSWORTH, 

Attorneys  at 
Law.  s=s=— ^~ 

Court  Square  Theatre  Building. 
Telephone,   13-3. 

H.  K.  Hawes, 

ATTORNEY 
AT  LAW. 

476  Main  Street,  Spr  ngfield,  Mass. 

Telephone,  162-2. 


CLINTON    GOWDY         Attorney  and  Counselor  at  Law. 

5   ELM   STREET, 


General  State  and  Federal  Practice. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


WAYLAND  V.  JAMES, 

Room  3,  Republican  Building.  Attorney    at    Law. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


James  L.  Doherty, 

Attorney  and  Counselor 
at  Law. 

COURT  SQUARE  THEATRE  BUILDING, 
SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


Loranus  E.  Hitchcock, 

ATTORNEY 

AT 

LAW 

5  Elm  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 


Carroll  &  McClintock, 


ATTORNEYS 
AT  LAW. 


Gardner  &  Gardner, 

COUNSELORS  AT  LAW. 

CHARLES  L.  GARDNER. 
CHARLES  G.  GARDNER. 

Court   Square   Theatre   Building. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


W-  G-  McKechnie, 

Walter  S*  Robinson, 

ATTORNEY 
AT  LAW... 

ATTORNEY  AT  LAW. 

Room  23,  Court  Square  Theatre  Building, 

Fuller  Building,                    317  Main  Street. 

Springfield,  Mass. 

Rooms  35  and  36. 

Counsel  for  the  Title  Research  and  Credit  Co. 

..PATENTS- 

Charles   E*   Hoag, 

COUNSELOR  AT  LAW. 

WEBSTER  &  TILLEY, 

476  Main  Street.                 Springfield,  Mass. 

Attorneys  at  Law, 

Tel.  845-3. 

433  MAIN  ST. 

R.  F.  HYDE, 

Agawam  Bank  Block, 


Solicitor  of  Patents. 

Register  No.  1017. 

Springfield,  Mass. 


LANDEN  &  SON, 

(Successors  to  N.  Howard  &  Son.) 


Gold  Chains  made  to  order. 


«  •  p  .       •  y  |  uoia  (^nains  maae  to  oraer. 

Manufacturing  Jewelers,    ^^ti^A^o, 


Jewelry. 


47  HILLMAN  STREET, 

SPRINGFIELD.  MASS. 

Wm.  H.  Smith, 

Blair  Manufacturing  Co., 

A     Carriage  Manufacturer 

0^S&       Dealer  in... 

Carriages  of  every  description. 

Manufacturers  of 

Lawn  Mowers,  Lawn 

Sprinklers,  etc. 

2  Park  Street,               Springfield,  Mass. 

Springfield,                                 Mass. 

WASHBURN 

N.  L.  BYRON, 

UNDERTAKING 
ESTABLISHMENT. 

..UNDERTAKER.. 

CHENEY  D.  WASHBURN. 

Office  and  Residence, 

444 

61  Howard  St.,      Springfield,  Mass. 

Cor.  State  and  Dwight  Sts. 

Telephone  482-5.                                Lady  Assistants 

xxxn. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


tUbe  pbotograpbe 

From  which  were  reproduced  the  Engravings  in  this  Volume 
were  made  by 

Goldsmith  &  Taft, 


LEADING  PHOTOGRAPHERS. 


374  Main  Street. 


Headquarters  for  High  Grade 
Coal  and  Wood. 

Springfield  Coal  and  Wood  CoM 

W.  K.   LOMBARD,  Manager. 


Offices : 

165  MAIN  STREET.  523  MAIN  STREET. 

SIMPSON  CLARK, 

Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in 

Stoves,  IRancjes,  Mot  Hir  jfurnaces. 

Contractor  for  All   Branches  of  Plumbing 
and  Gas  Piping. 


157  State  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 


Telephone,  229 


4.    opp.  Dwight  St. 


ONE  Or  THE  EINEST. 

Excelsior 

Laundry  Co. 

29-31    Sanford  Street. 

lime  arc  on  tbe  Udatcb. 


Special    Patrol    Wagons    Sent    for    Bundles. 

25  Skilled  Hands.  4  Teams. 

TELEPHONE. 


Office,  1 03  Main  St.  Pockets  East  Liberty  St. 

G.  C  TAIT, 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 

A.  N.  Mayo. 


XXXU1. 


Dealer  in 


Lehigh,   Pittston  and 
Lackawanna 

Tel.  I  1 5. 


COAL 

Springfield,  Mass. 


D.  P.  Lillie. 

DEXTER  P.  LILLIE&CO., 

Indian  Orchard,  Mass. 

Cotton  an^  Wool  Waste 

Manufacturers  of 

Wiping  and  Packing  Waste 

For   Railroads,  Steamboats,  Machinery 
Etc. 


Walsh  Boiler  and  Iron  Works     cBoiIefs>  Bridges  and 

Steam  Boilers,  Penstocks  Tanks  Stand  p-        «      D  Structural  Iron  Works 

T  S  WALSH  MkindS'  C-"-  "-'"-    ^.t  %£g*  ^X  Wo. 
T.S.WALSH,  Manager.  _Teleph00e  566-3.  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

GEORGE  R.  ESTABROOK, 


..Contractor  for... 


Steam,  Mot  Mater  anb  MotHtr  Heating, 

IRicbmonb  IRanoes. 

146  State  Street, 


Springfield,  Mass. 


August  Mitschhe, 


..JWerehant    Tailor.. 


317  Main  Street, 


tf'VafV 


Rooms  g  and  7,  roller's  Block. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


XXXIV. 


ADYKJITISEMEXTS. 


W.  F.  Sturtevant. 
J.  G.  Merrick. 


R.  B.  Sturtevant. 
C.  C.  Gilbert. 


Sturtevant,  Merrick  &  Co. 

Wholesale  Grocers. 

20,  22,  24  and  26  Lyman  Street, 
Springfield,  Mass. 

LEWIS  J.  BALL, 
Grocer, 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  BUILDING. 


William  W.  More. 


Alfred  A.  Marston. 


MORE  &  MARSTON, 
Commission  Merchants, 

Flour,    Mill    Feed,    Cereals,    Produce,    Salt,   Cheest 

Butter,  Eggs,  Beans,  Peas,  Lard  and  Provisions. 

34  and  36  Lyman  St. 

Adjoining  R.  R.  Depot. 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


NORTON  &  WARREN, 

Commission  Merchants, 

And  Dealers  in 

Flour,    Grain,    Mill    Feed,    Butter,    Cheese, 
P>eans,  Lard,  etc. 

31  and  33  Hampden  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Flour  House  Established  1839. 


v-.abue  j>       olive  oil, 


Purest  and  Best. 
From  Tuscany,  Italy. 

For  Sale  by  all  Grocers. 


Wholesale  and   Retail 
Dealers  in 


S.  D.  Viets  Co., 

Masons'  Supplies, 

HAY,  SEEDS,  GRAIN  AND  FEED. 

486  and  488  Mill   St.   and   18   Harrison   Ave., 

Springfield,  Mass. 

Also  Springfield  Storage  Co.,   140  and  142  Lyman   St. 

Warehouse  Receipts  Issued. 

Main  Office,  18  Harrison  Ave.     Telephone  Connection. 


MACE  MOULTON, 

C|  .  •  "T^  •  And  Contractor  of 

onsulting  engineer  Metallic  structures 


231  MAIN  STREET, 


Telephone,  568. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


^ 


•D9/MHVE  -BRG^tt  ■ 
■mLL-Phm&M' 

or-THt-  '%WL 

rnWNTPV.  iiyRRlA^CV^tiF''    'the  prumbinA  -r, 

sMIBS^wicl.  •  at-       *■  o^rif^ 


I h#»-  Off  imbin  ., 

ucxre-Tlieafre 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


X  X  X  \  . 


Boston  Office,  44  Bedford  Street. 

Brooks  Bank  Note  Co. 

Lithographers 

Fine  Color  and  Commercial  Work. 

Show  Cards,   Hangers,  Labels,  Bonds,  Certificates, 
Bank  and  Office  Stationery. 

Hillman  St    cor.  Springfield,  Mass. 

Dwight,  F      &         ' 


*3£p*f     Goods 

Springfield,  Mass. 


Established  lE 


Telephone  363-4. 


E.  5.  STACY, 

Manufacturer  of 
and  Dealer  in 

Machinery  and  Mill  Supplies, 

41  and  43  Taylor  Street, 
Spring  field,  Mass. 

United  States  Spring 

Bed    Co.,  Springfield,  Mass, 

Manufacturers  and 
Jobbers  of... 

SPIRAL  SPRING  BEDS, 

WOVEN  WIRE  MATTRESSES, 

IRON  BEDSTEADS,  COTS,  ETC. 


Our  Goods  For  Sale  at  All  Dealers. 


Springfield  Cold 
Storage  Co. 


William   H.  Park,  Treas. 


§@ 


SPRINGFIELD, 


MASS. 


H.  &  J.  BREWER, 

PHARMACISTS, 


Main  St.  cor.,  Sanford, 

Springfield,  Mas*. 


Simpson  Clark, 


uiacurerof     Stoves,  Ranges, 

Hot  Air  Furnaces. 


Man 

and  Dealer  in 


All  Branches  of  Plumbing  and 
Gas  Piping. 


157  State  Street. 


Opp.  Dwight. 
Tel.  229-4. 


E.  Belding.  W.  E.  Wright. 

Mcintosh  &  Co., 

Boots,    Shoes,    Rubbers,   Leather 
and  Shoe  Findings, 

93-95  Worthington  St.,       Springfield,  Mass. 

Factories  : 
Beverly  and  West  Brookfield,  Mass. 


MARGERUM  BROS., 


Manufacturers  of  and 
Retail  Dealers  in 


..Fine  Cigars.. 

459  Main  Street. 

].  Douglas  Law, 

Wholesale  and  Retail 
Dealer  in 

Hardware,  Cutlery 
and  Manufacturers'  Supplies. 

260  and  202  Main  Street, 


XXX  VI. 


ADVKKTISEMENTS. 


Full  Measure 
Bottles ...  No 
paneled  Sides. 


Baker's 
Vanilla. 

Pure  extract  of  Vanilla 

Beans,    made    by    a    new 

and  original   nrocess.     It 

gives  food  a  liatural  fruit 

flavor    and    is    healthful, 

unlike  the  chemical  com- 

pounds  so  generally  sold 

|  f°r  Vanilla.      Any  grocer 

l  can     suppiy    you    if    you 

'  insist  on  having  Baker's. 


g 
BAKER  EXTRACT  CO. 


CITY  LAUNDRY, 

BEST 
HAND  WORK. 

19  LYMAN  STREET, 


Telephone,  459-2. 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


For  a  Delicious  Lunch 


THE 
WINTHROI 


go  to 

r*  Cafe 


Opposite  Post  ( >ffice. 
Try  Our  Celebrated  Coffee  with  Cream. 

OPEN  DAY  AND  NIGHT. 

Quick  service  is  our  ambition.    You  don't  have  10  wait. 
C.  R.  REMILLARD,  Prop. 


Wholesale 
Dealer  in 


H.  L.  HANDY, 

Dressed  Beef,   Lamb,  Mutton, 

Hams,  Pork,  Lard,  Tripe, 

Poultry. 

MANUFACTURER  OF 

German  and  American  Sausage. 

41,  43,  45 
Hampden  Street, 

SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 


HFNR  V  HT  ]CK    B*s&&  and  City  ExPress 

■l  1J— «1  ^IIX  1      1  IVJVjIV  Light  and  Heavy  Trucking. 

Theatrical  Transfer.  Freight  Work  a  Specialty. 

OFFICE,  38   HAMPDEN   ST.  Telephone,  29.  SPRINGFIELD,    MASS. 


Light  and  Heavy  Trucking. 


Special  Attention  to  Freight  and  Express  Work. 


~#§  T.  SHEA,  *- 


Springfield  Office,  19  Hampden  Street. 

Telephone,  485-3. 


Boston  Office,  77  Kingston  Street. 

Telephone,  332-Oxford. 


TH1EME  BROS., 

Artists  in  Fresco. 

Paper  Hanging,  Painting,  etc.,  etc. 

DEALERS  IN 

Painters'    Supplies,    Wall    Papers,    etc. 

141  State,  cor.  Willow  St. 

Tel.  706-2.  SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 

RUSSIAN  AND       CooI^ote, 
TURKISH  BATHS.  .** 


D.  F.  SWEENEY,  Prop. 

The  Most  Complete  Bath  Rooms 
in  New  England. 

OPEN  DAY  AND    NIGHT. 


Ladies'  Day,   Wednesday,   9  to  9.    Mrs.  Sweeney   and 
Lady  Assistants  in  Attendance. 


"Ilio,^ 


m 


Bridge  si,-  §pwKorEEd:  Ma.ss>—  fjt 


C.  F.  Adams  Company, 

Established,  1877.  Incorporated,  1891. 

DEALERS   IN 

Rugs,  Clocks,  Wringers,  Lace,  Chenille  and  Tapestry 
Curtains  and  Covers,  Albums,  Bed  Springs,  Lamps, 
Musical  Instruments,  Silverware,  Watches,  Bibles, 
Blankets,  Comforters,  Mackintoshes,  Dress  Goods  and 
General  House  Furnishings. 

J  03  BRIDGE  ST. 


H.  J.  J  U  LI  EN,  Manager. 


ADVERTISKMKXTS. 


WEBSTERS  INTERNATIONAL  DICTIONARY 


WEBSTER'S 

INTERNATIONAL  j 

DICTIONARY , 


A  Dictionary  of  ENGLISH, 
Biography 9  Geography,  Fiction,  etc. 


What  better  investment  can  be  made  than  in  a  copy  of  the  International? 
This  royal  quarto  volume  isa  vast  storehouscof  valuable  information  arranged 
in  a  convenient  form  for  hand,  eye,  and  mind.  It  is  more  widely  used  as 
standard  authority  than  any  other  dictionary  in  the  world. 

The  International  Should  be  in  Every  Household. 

Also  Webster's  Collegiate  Dictionary  with  a  Scottish  Glossary,  etc. 
"  First  class  in  quality,  second  class  in  size." — Nicholas  Murray  Butler. 


Specimen  pages,  etc.,  of  both  books  sent  on, application: 
G,  &l  C.  MERRIAM  CO.,  Publishers,  Springfield,  Mass.,  U.  S.  A. 


Strictly  Sanitary, 
Scientific, 


Plumbing 


Call  and  see  me  if  you  want  good  work  and 
material.     You  will  save  trouble  and  money. 


Wm.  J.  Hyland 


104  Dwight  Street, 


TELEPHONE. 


Springfield,  Mass. 


INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS. 


Page. 

Adams  Co.,  ('.  V xxxvi 

Agawam  National  Bank iii 

American  Wringer  Co.,  The xix 

Armstrong  &  Co.,   Geo.  E ii 

Attorneys  at  Law. 

Bosworth,  IT.  II.  &  C.  W xxx 

Carroll  &  McClintock xxx 

Dougherl y.  James  L xxx 

Gardner  <x  Gardner xxx 

Gowdy,  Clinton xxx 

Hawes,   H.  K xxx 

Eitchcock,  Loranus  E xxx 

Hoag,   ( !harles  E xxxi 

Hyde,  R.  P xxxi 

J  anics.  Way  land  V xxx 

McKean,  John xxx 

McKechnie,   W.   (1 xxxi 

Robinson,  Waller  S xxxi 

Snow,   Abraham   E xxx 

Webster  &  Tilley xxxi 

\  uditorium xxv 

Baker  Extrad  o<> xxxvi 

Ball,  Lewis  J xxxiv 

Barnett,   M.  II 

Barry,  Garratl  S 

Baush  &  Harris  Machine  T 
Bemis  &  Call  Hardware  and 


ol  Co. 
'oolCi 


\w 
vii 

xiii 
xi 


Blair  Mfg.   On xx> 

Brewer,    II.  &  J xxxv 

Brooks  Bank  Note  Co xxxv 

Byron,  X.  L xxxi 

Bullard  Camera  Co..   The xiii 


Castle's   Cream  Olive  Oil 

Call,    S.  B 

Chapin  National  Bank 

Chadwick  Copying  Book  Co 

( lhapman  Valve  Mfg.  Co 

( lhapman  &  Co.,  J.  B 

Cheney  Bigelow  Wire  Works 

Clark  ,v  Co.,  W.  S 

Clark  &  Co.,  E.  o 

( 'lark  &  Sabin 

I  'lark.   Simpson 

( 'lark,  Simpson 

Chine.   .1.    II 

( 'ii  \  Laundry 

Coats  &  Co..'  E.   M 

( 'mil'eet  inners'  Machinery  and  Mfg 
('.. ' 

(   m|i\  ersc  Co.,    M.    S 

Keeker  Lumber  Co..   The  E.  S.  .  .  . 

Donahue    Brol  hers 

Elecl  rie  Railway  Switch  and  Supply 

Co 

Emory  Mfg.  Co.,  I'.  I' 

Estabrook,  George  K 

Excelsior    Laundry  Co 

Fitzpatrick,  I'.  ('.' 

Forest  Park  Heights  Co.,  The 

Goldsmith  &  T'afi 

Gilberl  and  Barker  Mfg.  Co 

Hampden   Loan  &  Trust  Co 

Handy.    II.   I 

Haj  in-  \  On inside  hack 


Page. 

xxxiv 

xx 

ii 


xi 

xxi 

ix 

xiii 

xvi 

xiv 

xxxv 

xxxii 

xix 

xxxvi 

xx  iv 

xxi 

XX 


Xll 

xxi 
xxx  iii 

xxxii 

xix 

x  v  i  i  i 

xxxii 

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iv 

xxxvi 

cover 


XXXV111. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


WALLACE  M.  BURT. 


ALBERT  G.  SCHKI DECKER. 


United  States  Realty  Co., 

Real  Estate  Agents, 

Selling,  Renting  and  Caring  for  Property. 
Fire  Insurance  and  Loans  Negotiated. 


297  Main  Street,  cor.  Worthington, 
Open  Evenings. 


Springfield. 
Telephone  394-3. 


INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS— Continued. 


F.  L. 


(' 


llcwrs  Paint  Co.,  T 
Hdlyoke  Card  and  P 
Hotels. 

American  House 

City  Hotel 

Cooley's  Hotel 

Henking,  The 

Highland,  The 

Hotel  Brightside 

Hotel  Gilmore 

Hotel  Imperial 

Hotel    Kussell 

Indian  Leap   Hotel 

Lerche's  Hotel 

Massasoit    House 

National   House 

Rockingham    House 

United' States  Hotel 

Worthy,  The 

Hough  Cash  Recorder  Co 

Huck,   Henry 

Hunt  &  Co.,   A.  (' 

II viand.  William  .1 

Indian   Orchard  Co 

Iroquois  Mfg.  Co 

Kelton,   C.  M 

King  Sons  Co.,   The  W.  II 

Landen  &  Son 

Law,  J.  Douglas 

Loring  &  Axtell 

Lillie  &  Co.,  Dexter  P 

Margerum   Brothers 

Massachusetts  Mutual  Lite 

Insurance  Co 

Mayo  &  Co.,   A.  N 

Meekins,    Packard  &  Wheat 

Merriam  Co.,   G.  &  C 

Metallic  Drawing  Roll  Co 

Mcintosh  &  Co 

Mittineague  Paper  ( !o 

Mitschke,   August 

More  &  Marston 

Moore,  V.  E 

Moulton,  Mace •  •  ■  • 

Murphy,  Edw.  J Inside  bac 

Natick  Underwear  Co 

National  Papeterie  Co 

National  Needle  Co 

Norton  &  Warren . . 

Nye  &  Company,  George 


Page. 
xix 


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xxix 

xxvi 

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xxvii 

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xxviii 

xxvii 

xxix 

xxix 

xxviii 

xxvi 

xi 

xxxvi 

xxiii 

xxxvii 

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xxxiii 

XX 

xxxi 

XXXV 

xvii 
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XXXV 
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xxxiv 

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xiv 

xiii 

xiv 

xxxiv 
xxiii 


Pynchon  National   Bank 

Royce's  Laundry inside  bi 

Ryan,  S.  A 

Sampson  &  Sweeney inside  bi 

Shea.    T ' 

Shean,  C.  T 

Smith  Mfg.  Co.,  The  R.  II 

Smith  &  Wesson 

Smith.  William  II 

Soul  hworl  h   ( lompany 

Springfield  Breweries  Co 

Springfield  ( loal  and  Wood  Co. . . 

Springfield  Cold  Storage 

Springfield  ( !o  operal  ive  Milk 

Associal  ion 

Springfield  Fire  and  Marine 

I osurance  Co 

Springfield      Five    Cents    Savins 

I'.ank 

Springfield  Foundry  Co 

Springfield  Glazed  Paper  Co 
Springfield  Institution   for  Savin: 

Springfield  Lumber  Co 

Springfield  National  Bank 

Springfield  News  Co.,  The 

Springfield  Provision  Co 

Springfield  Street  Railway  Co.  . . 

Springfield   Webbing  Co 

Stacy,   E.  S 

Standard  Brick  <  Company 

Stebbins  Manuiacl  tiring  <  !o.,  K. . 

Steele.   15.  Frank 

Stickney,  Charles  E 

Sturtevant,  Merrick  iV  Co 

Sweeney,  I>.  F 

Tait,   G.  C 

The  New  Gilmore  Theater 

"The   Sam"  Cafe 

Thieme  Brothers 

United  Electric  Light  Co 

United  Stales   Realty  Co 

United  States  Spring  Bed  Cq. . . . 

Victor  Sporting  Goods  Co 

Yiets  Co.,    S.    D 

Walsh  Boiler  and    Iron  Works... 
Washburn  Undertaking 

Establishment 

Wason  Manufacturing  Co 

West,  Stone  &  Co.  .  .' 

Whitcomb  &  Co.,  Joseph 


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ADVERTISKM  KXTS. 


Anything*  ^n  ^ea'  Estate  Line, 

Anywhere* 


Anyt 


ime* 


Largest  List  Residences,  Cottages,  Two-Family 

Houses, 

Many  Choice  Central  Investments, 

Improved  and  Unimproved. 

HE  BUYS   BEST  WHO   BUYS  OF 


Edw-  J.  Murphy, 


Corner    Main  and 
Bridge  Streets. 

Tel.  495. 


Wealth  anb 
Misbom 


Often  travel  together.  We  can't  all  be 
wealthy  but  we  can  be  wealthier.  Wealth 
consists  of  what  is  saved.  "  Saving  "  means 
buying  your  clothes  of  us. 


Iba^nes  &  Co. 

always  IReltable. 


Steamship  Agents  and  °FFICE,TF;L- 546-3v 

^        °  Sampson  s  Residence  Tel.  734-4. 

Fire  Insurance  Sweeney's  Residence  Tel.  891-4. 

Sampson  &  Sweeney, 

Funeral    Directors, 

Lady  Assistants. 

109  Bridge  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Store  Open  Day  and  Night, 


K&rjt  KracK 
Koll&r  WorK 

CAN  BE  HAD  ONLY 
AT 

Royce's  Laundry, 


rT^HE  Police  Department,  fine  as  it  is, 
*»)  is  not  the  only  thing  Springfield  is 

W  justly  proud  of.     One  of  the  largest 

W}\      and  most  finely  equipped  Laundries  in  the 
m&      state  is  here.     As  small  as  the  smallest 


at  the  start,  now  a  Giant  in  Stature.    Does 


104  Wortr)io?too  St.  this  mean  anything  ?     Yes.      Merit. 

Tel.  501-5. 


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